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Cyrtodactylus jeyporensis, also known as the Jeypore Indian gecko, the Jeypore ground gecko, or the Patinghe Indian gecko, [1] is an endangered species of gecko found in India, which was until recently considered extinct. Described from a single specimen in 1877, it was rediscovered in 2010 in the Eastern Ghats of Odisha state, India. [4]
There are about 99 reptile species found in the region. These include Indian monitor lizard, and endemic species such as Yercaud slender gecko, burrowing limbless skink, spotted Eastern Ghats skink, and Madras spotted skink. The Indian golden gecko, and Jeypore ground gecko were rediscovered in 1986 and 2010 respectively.
Cyrtodactylus (Greek κυρτος kurtos "curved", from κυπτω kuptō "to stoop"; δακτυλος daktulos "finger, toe") [citation needed] is a diverse genus of Asian geckos, commonly known as bent-toed geckos, bow-fingered geckos, and forest geckos.
So far, Quihua’s dwarf geckos have only been found in two locations in the Andes Mountains of Barinas state, the study said. Barinas is in northwestern Venezuela, near the Venezuela-Colombia ...
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There is a wide variety of wildlife found in the landscape with as many as 47 species of mammals, 50 species of snakes, 13 species of lizards, few rare and threatened turtle species, more than 350 species of butterflies etc. [7] It was the first place in the world to have presence of seven different species of wild cats in the world -tiger ...
Body found in search for wild water swimmer. December 29, 2024 at 1:59 AM. A body has been found in the water off Shetland by emergency services searching for a keen wild swimmer.
The gecko was discovered in Cameroon's Lobéké rainforest in 2002 by researchers, who found and captured a specimen, and kept it in a terrarium for five years. They suspected it was a new species but were unsure until finding a similar specimen in Cabinda , Angola in 2023.