As darkness seeped across the mountains of Nepal, a “long”-fingered creature with “green-grey” eyes emerged from its hiding ...
As night fell across Nepal, a “long”-limbed creature emerged from its hiding place and climbed along some rocks near a ...
A Cyrtodactylus annapurnaensis, or ACAP bent-toed gecko. Photo from Santosh Bhattarai, shared by Akshay Khandekar Photos show the brown blotchy pattern of the new species. Overall, its coloring is ...
The pattern morphs into blotchy stripes on its tail. A Cyrtodactylus karanshahi, or Karan’s bent-toed gecko. Photo from Frank Tillack, shared by Akshay Khandekar Karan’s bent-toed geckos were ...
Chitwan bent-toed geckos were also found in the neighboring Tanahun District along the border with India. The new species was identified by its skin folds, scale pattern, body shape, coloring and ...
Its body is dotted with black, white and cream spots. The pattern morphs into blotchy stripes on its tail. Karan’s bent-toed geckos were found lurking at night on rocks and boulders along a ...