Researchers have found a new species of reptile, a rock dwelling gecko, in Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu. The Megamalai rock gecko, which is its suggested common name, is the first description of a reptile from this landscape since 1949 after English planter and naturalist Angus Finlay Hutton spotted Hutton’s pit viper there.
The large seized gecko, growing up to a length of 20 centimeters from head to tail-tip, is presently known only from the confines of Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, according to a team of researchers consisting of R Chaitanya, a herpetologist studying Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Aparna Lajmi from the Centre for Ecological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Dr Varad Giri from National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore.
“This is a second time, a reptile species is found in Megamalai and this particular gecko is found only in Megamalai region,” said Chaitanya.
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