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    Vikshita Vitthal Gujaran in News

    22-May-2023 12:42 PM


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    Mysterious new species of flying gecko discovered in Mizoram

    A team of researchers from the Mizoram University and the Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tubingen, Germany, found a new species of gecko in Mizoram along the Indo-Myanmar border. This new species can glide and researchers have termed it a parachute gecko.

    Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards found in warm climates throughout the world. What makes them unique among lizards is their vocalisation and loud mating calls.

    The new species has been named Gekko Mizoramensis after the state of Mizoram. The species found inhabiting Mizoram, has previously been discovered in parts of South Asia including Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia.

    Details of the study on the new species, which is also called gliding geckos, have been published in the latest issue of Salamandra, a German journal on herpetology or the study of amphibians and reptiles.

    Source - India Today