A new species of gecko lizard has been discovered in the Satpura Hill ranges in Central India by four researchers.
The new species has been named Eublepharis Satpuraensis after the location in which it was found in, reports The Asian Age.
The lizard belongs to the family of leopard geckos, which are some of the least studied lizards in India.
The gecko was located while researchers Zeeshan A Mirza, Rajesh V Sanap, David Raju, Atish Gawai and Prathamesh Ghadekar were studying amphibians in the region.
“The first picture of this species came to me in 2009 from Melghat Tiger Reserve,” said Mr Mirza, who is currently doing his research at Bengaluru’s National Centre for Biological Sciences.
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