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Cyrtodactylus varadgirii
A new species of a ground-dwelling lizard was named after a Bengaluru-based scientist Varad Giri. It was discovered in Goregaon’s Aarey Colony and Thane’s Badlapur forested belts. It has been 130 years that the last such gecko was discovered.
The species, is a member of the subgenus Geckoella, which are small ground-dwelling geckos largely found in leaf litter in forests. They are active during night and take refuge under rocks and logs during the day. It grows the length of around 6 cm.
Glad to see this creture ....an amazing one..
Spotted on Jul 3, 2019
Submitted on Oct 11, 2019
3 Comments
Much more attractive than the rubbery house geckos. Nice spotting Parth2!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giri%27s_g...
Welcome to Project Noah, Parth2. You have a fantastic first spotting (would you mind making the V in lowercase?)
Project Noah is a fabulous site for all lovers of wildlife and is a friendly community. Keep posting, provide IDs for others if you can, enjoy the spottings other members post...see you around.Have fun.