{"id":232534,"date":"2023-03-20T18:52:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=232534"},"modified":"2023-03-20T18:52:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:22:19","slug":"new-species-of-gecko-found-in-gujarat-named-after-vindhya-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/new-species-of-gecko-found-in-gujarat-named-after-vindhya-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"New species of gecko found in Gujarat named after Vindhya hills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>S<\/strong><strong>ource<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0<strong>\u201cNew species of gecko found in Gujarat named after Vindhya hills\u201d <\/strong>published in the <strong>Hindustan Times <\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>20th March 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>What is the News?<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, a new species of naked-toed gecko (Cyrtopodion Vindhya) has been discovered in Gujarat.<\/p>\n<h2>About Cyrtopodion Vindhya<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_232648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-232648\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-232648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cyrtopodion-Vindhya.png?resize=430%2C206&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cyrtopodion Vindhya\" width=\"430\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cyrtopodion-Vindhya.png?w=798&amp;ssl=1 798w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cyrtopodion-Vindhya.png?resize=300%2C144&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Cyrtopodion-Vindhya.png?resize=768%2C368&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-232648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Hindustan Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The newly discovered naked-toed gecko has been named \u2018Cyrtopodion Vindhya\u2019 and it is the fifth endemic species of reptile described in the last fifteen years from the state of Gujarat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distribution<\/strong>: The Palearctic naked-toed geckos of the genus Cyrtopodion are a group of gekkonid lizards distributed across the arid regions of north Africa, Arabia, and Central Asia to northwestern India.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note<\/strong>: The taxonomic history of the genus Cyrtopodion has been unstable, and 23 species are currently recognized, with the diversity concentrated in Pakistan and Iran.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Named after<\/strong>: Vindhya hill ranges.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characteristics<\/strong>: The newly discovered reptile is a nocturnal species, associated with granite boulders. Mostly rupicolous( living among rocks) in its habits but can be found on the ground as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cNew species of gecko found in Gujarat named after Vindhya hills\u201d published in the Hindustan Times on\u00a020th March 2023. What is the News? Recently, a new species of naked-toed gecko (Cyrtopodion Vindhya) has been discovered in Gujarat. About Cyrtopodion Vindhya The newly discovered naked-toed gecko has been named&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/new-species-of-gecko-found-in-gujarat-named-after-vindhya-hills\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New species of gecko found in Gujarat named after Vindhya hills<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,9],"tags":[10595],"class_list":["post-232534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-public","tag-hindustan-times","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}