As Nepal’s reptiles are one of the least studied among the country’s diverse flora and fauna, researchers have long been ...

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has identified and described a new species of the bow-fingered gecko genus (Cyrtodactylus) from East Java, naming it Cyrtodactylus pecelmadiun.

As per the abstract of the research paper published in Zootaxa, “We conducted a review of the known species of Cyrtodactylus ...

As darkness seeped across the mountains of Nepal, a “long”-fingered creature with “green-grey” eyes emerged from its hiding ...

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They took a closer look at the animals, tested their DNA and quickly realized they’d discovered a new species: Cyrtodactylus ...

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 ...

As night fell across Nepal, a “slender” creature with “long” limbs emerged from its hiding place and climbed along a roadside wall. A bright light suddenly moved toward the scaly animal, disturbing it ...