Six new lineages of bent-toed geckos have been discovered from the Northeast.
Scientists from India and the United Kingdom have discovered six new species of bent-toed geckos from Northeast India.
Researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE) and Natural History Museum London (NHM) have discovered two species from Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland each.
The other two species have been discovered in Manipur and Mizoram.
Bent-toed geckos have about 346 species across different biogeographic zones in Peninsular India.
The Namdapha bent-toed gecko has been discovered from the Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh.
Scientists have discovered the Ngengpui bent-toed gecko from the Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary of Lawngtlai district in Mizoram.
Scientists have collected species samples from 22 locations between 2018 and 2022.
