They took a closer look at the animals, tested their DNA and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Cyrtodactylus chitwanensis, or the Chitwan bent-toed gecko. A Cyrtodactylus ...
Have you ever seen a gecko run up a tree or fence? They are very fast, and they seem to stick to just about anything! Wouldn’t it be fun if you could hang upside down from the ceiling or a branch like ...
The trail where Cyrtodactylus karanshahi, or Karan’s bent-toed geckos, were found. Photo from Santosh Bhattarai, shared by Akshay Khandekar As darkness seeped across the mountains of Nepal ...