Scientists surveying Tamil Nadu discovered a spiky new species of gecko, Hemidactylus quartziticolus, perched on rock ledges, study said.

Looking closer at the lizards, researchers realized they’d captured a new species: Hemidactylus multisulcatus, or the Madurai rock gecko. The Madurai rock gecko is “medium-sized,” reaching ...

In a groundbreaking discovery for the field of herpetology, a team of researchers from Maharashtra, Assam and Tamil Nadu has identified and described a new species of genus Hemidactylus of geckos ...

A team of researchers has identified a new gecko species from the hills of Attappady, in the Western Ghats, Kerala. The new large species of gecko belonging to the genus Hemidactylus goldfuss was ...

The new discovery was published in the journal Vertebrate Zoology.The discovery rate of Hemidactylus in India is high in the last decade, with 16 new descriptions of the total 48 known species.