{"id":102822,"date":"2026-05-11T15:43:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=102822"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:43:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:13:16","slug":"cyrtodactylus-varadgiri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyrtodactylus-varadgiri\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyrtodactylus varadgiri"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cyrtodactylus varadgiri Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A relatively uncommon gecko species, Cyrtodactylus varadgirii, named after noted scientist Varad Giri, was recently spotted in Aarey forest by wildlife enthusiasts and a researcher. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cyrtodactylus varadgiri<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cyrtodactylus varadgirii (<\/span><b>Giri&#8217;s Geckoella<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is a species of<\/span><b> gecko<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the gekkonidae family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>nocturnal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>insectivorous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>terrestrial, living in dense leaf litter on the forest floor.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>endemic to India <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and found in parts of <\/span><b>western and Central India, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gecko was <\/span><b>first discovered in 2016.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>widely distributed but poorly known<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ground-dwelling geckos from India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also unusual among its close relatives in <\/span><b>being associated not only with natural habitats but also with open and human-modified landscapes,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including urban green spaces.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Except for the record of the <\/span><b>occurrence <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of this species from various locations, <\/span><b>mostly during the monsoon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, information on other aspects of its natural history is highly understudied.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/news\/India\/the-disappearing-resident-rare-ground-gecko-rediscovered-in-aarey-forest\/ar-AA22Favt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MSN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyrtodactylus varadgiri is a species of gecko in the gekkonidae family. 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