{"id":127280,"date":"2026-10-03T14:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=127280"},"modified":"2026-10-03T15:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:35:23","slug":"hemidactylus-cairnicola-and-hemidactylus-koyaorum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hemidactylus-cairnicola-and-hemidactylus-koyaorum\/","title":{"rendered":"Hemidactylus cairnicola and Hemidactylus koyaorum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hemidactylus cairnicola and Hemidactylus koyaorum Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, scientists discovered two new gecko species from Telangana and named them as Hemidactylus cairnicola&#8217; and &#8216;H. koyaorum&#8217;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hemidactylus cairnicola<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new gecko species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which has been named for its close association with traditional <\/span><b>stone cairns.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are with <\/span><b>heterogeneous, granular scales<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> intermixed with enlarged keeled scales.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lizard, which grows up to 49 mm in length, has a distinctive colour that helps it blend into dark rocks and provides <\/span><b>effective camouflage for protection against predators.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Behavior:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It appears to be <\/span><b>primarily nocturnal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It retreats into rock crevices during periods of inactivity and becomes active at night, when it forages for insects<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>About Hemidactylus koyayorum<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was named in <\/span><b>honour of the Koya people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an indigenous tribal community that has deep cultural ties to the forests and hills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It grows up to 55.6 mm in length.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appearance: It is mostly homogeneous and <\/span><b>without any keeled scales<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has <\/span><b>dorsal colouration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grey with four prominent white flower-like patterns on its body, surrounded by darker margins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has an adaptation for movement within dense ground cover.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/telanganatoday.com\/telangana-gets-two-new-gecko-species-from-nalgonda-warangal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hemidactylus cairnicola and Hemidactylus koyaorum are newly discovered gecko species. 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