{"id":16752,"date":"2023-11-06T08:49:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T03:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16752"},"modified":"2025-04-04T23:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:30:20","slug":"cnemaspis-rashidi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cnemaspis-rashidi\/","title":{"rendered":"Cnemaspis rashidi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Cnemaspis rashidi<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a new species of gecko.<\/li>\n<li>So far, 93 species of gecko have been documented and this is the 94th species.<\/li>\n<li>The new species is also called Rashid\u2019s dwarf gecko as it is the\u00a0smallest among the genus.<\/li>\n<li>It is approximately two inches long from its snout to vent.<\/li>\n<li>It was found at an altitude of 1,245 metres at Kottamalai estate near Rajapalayam.<\/li>\n<li>Appearance: It displayed a combination of a beautiful colour pattern of yellow, white and black adorning its back, making it stand out among its gecko relatives.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0endemic to the Western Ghats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key points about Western Ghats<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also called Sahyadri,\u00a0north\u2013south-running range of mountains in western India.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It forms the crest of the\u00a0western edge of the Deccan plateau parallel to the\u00a0Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea.<\/li>\n<li>The Western Ghats are a biodiversity hotspot, a biologically rich but threatened region, and a\u00a0UNESCO World Heritage site.<\/li>\n<li>They play a huge role in India\u2019s monsoon weather pattern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is a plateau?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a flat or gently sloping elevated area of land that is characterized by its relatively high elevation above the surrounding terrain. Plateaus can vary in size from small, flat-topped hills to massive, extensive regions covering thousands of square kilometers. They are important geological features and can be found on every continent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Madurai\/new-species-of-gecko-found-in-western-ghats-near-rajapalayam\/article67500822.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>New species of gecko found in Western Ghats near Rajapalayam<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cnemaspis rashidi is a new species of gecko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16753,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16752","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}