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Researchers and naturalists Zeeshan Mirza and David Raju have described a new species of gecko from Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh.
A new species of gecko Hemidactylus quartziticolus has been discovered from the scrub habitats of Vallanadu and Kurumalai reserves forest areas in Thoothukudi.
A stomach content analysis was conducted on Hemidactylus turcicus, the Mediterranean gecko, from 19 April 1990 to 15 October 1990, on the campus of Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, ...
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 ...
Christened Hemidactylus easai, the species belongs to the genus Hemidactylus and has been discovered from the rain shadow areas of Attappadi. “The geckos play a huge role in insect control.
Sandeep and his colleagues are celebrating the discovery of a new large species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus, which was discovered in Attapadi-Palakkad in the Western Ghats region in the ...
Hemidactylus frenatus foot: Photo of the underside of a foot of the house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) showing the expanded adhesive pads on the toes.
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 ...
“Biodiversity exploration and taxonomy is not just a research science but is also a citizen science. Through this walk we want to educate the participants on various aspects of citizen science ...
Named after eminent herpetologist Sushil Kumar Dutta from Odisha, Hemidactylus sushilduttai or Dutta’s Mahendragiri gecko is the 32nd species of house geckos (Hemidactylus) from India, and among ...