As night fell across a remote region of northern Australia, a “velvet” creature emerged from a pile of rocks. Its hard-to-reach habitat and camouflaged coloring helped it go largely unnoticed — until ...

Photo from Evan S. H. Quah The Khpoh slender gecko can reach about 2.6 inches in length, the study said. It has “robust” limbs with claws and a “triangular” head with “large” brown eyes.