The Sun News5 天
‘Long’-limbed creature with ‘bent’ toes found on walking trail. It’s a new species
They took a closer look at the animals, tested their DNA and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis, or the Chitwan bent-toed gecko. A Cyrtodactylus ...
The Sun News12 天
‘Slender’ creature — ‘sensitive to flashlights’ — discovered as new species in ...
A Cyrtodactylus annapurnaensis, or ACAP bent-toed gecko. Photo from Santosh Bhattarai, shared by Akshay Khandekar Researchers took a closer look at the lizards, analyzed their DNA and quickly ...
Biloxi Sun Herald16 天
‘Cryptic’ desert creatures — seen doing ‘push-ups’ — discovered as new species
A team of researchers in Oman decided to take on a “long-standing” challenge: classifying some “extremely abundant” and similar-looking geckos found all across the country’s Hajar ...
Merced Sun-Star26 天
‘Large’ creature with ‘long’ limbs found lurking in Thailand cave. It’s a new species
Intrigued, they took a closer look at the animals and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Gekko shiva, or the Shiva tokay gecko. Shiva tokay geckos are considered “large ...
Desert creature with ‘ambush’ hunting style found in Australia. It’s a new species
3 in the peer-reviewed journal Vertebrate Zoology. They suspected a known species of gecko with three “isolated populations” was actually several different species grouped together.
The Herald-Sun1 个月
‘Velvet’ creature — with visible eggs in its belly — discovered as new species
Taking a closer look at the animals, Hoskin quickly realized he’d discovered a new species: Oedura atra, or the basalt velvet gecko. Basalt velvet geckos are considered “medium-sized ...
The Herald-Sun1 个月
Spiky ‘large’-eyed creature found hunting near windmills in India. It’s a new species
They took a closer look at the animals and soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Hemidactylus amarasinghei, or Amarasinghe’s house gecko. A Hemidactylus amarasinghei, or Amarasinghe ...