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Researchers Find Three New Gecko Species In Western Ghats
The three new species were discovered in granite boulder habitats on the southern edge of the Mysore plateau by a team including which comprised of scientists from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Thackeray Wildlife Foundation and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore.
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Now, a new gecko from the hills of Amboli
A new species of lizard has been identified from forests and 'sadas' (laterite rocks) of Amboli, in Maharashtra. The discovery was made by an IT professional turned herpetologist and with three other researchers.
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Newly discovered gecko named after Tejas Thackeray
A newly discovered species of gecko, a nocturnal and often highly vocal lizard usually found in warm regions, which was discovered in Tamil Nadu by NCBS researchers, has been named after Tejas Thackeray.
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Central government's advisor gets a gecko named after him
When Principal scientific advisor to Government of India Pro
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It’s raining geckos in the Northeast
In a series of collaborative studies, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru; Villanova University, USA; and the Natural History Museum (NHM), London, have discovered eight new species of bent-toed geckos from Northeast India.
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Looks can be deceiving: The topsy-turvy case of Hemidactylus triedrus, the termite hill geckos
A team of researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, Fergusson College, Pune and Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Gujarat, have unravelled the taxonomy of Hemidactylus triedrus, a gekkonid lizard belonging to the g
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Researchers solve case of geckos’ mistaken identity
A team of researchers from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru (NCBS), Fergusson College, Pune, and Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, have described two new species of geckos and cleared a taxonomic mix-up that lasted for over 200 years.