{"id":55142,"date":"2025-07-16T12:41:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T07:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=55142"},"modified":"2025-07-16T12:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T07:26:27","slug":"cnemaspis-brahmaputra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cnemaspis-brahmaputra\/","title":{"rendered":"Cnemaspis Brahmaputra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cnemaspis Brahmaputra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 <\/span><b>Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a new species of gecko recorded from Assam has been named after the Brahmaputra River.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cnemaspis Brahmaputra<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was found at Dirgheswari Temple on the <\/span><b>northern bank of the Brahmaputra river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Assam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new species <\/span><b>belongs to the Cnemaspis podihuna clade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a group of small<\/span><b>, diurnal geckos<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> previously thought to be largely restricted to Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its discovery in Assam strengthens the evidence for an ancient biogeographic link between Sri Lanka and India\u2019s northeast, reflecting historical faunal exchanges across the Indian subcontinent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new species is genetically and morphologically distinct from its Sri Lankan relatives, showing significant evolutionary divergence.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Cnemaspis Brahmaputra<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is distinguished by its <\/span><b>larger body size<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but with fewer mid-body scale rows, more ventral scale rows across the belly, no tubercles on lower flanks, and three enlarged rows of thigh scales parallel to the enlarged femoral scale row.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cnemaspis brahmaputra is the <\/span><b>second species of the genus Cnemaspis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known from the northeastern region. The first, <\/span><b>Cnemaspis assamensis,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was described in 2000.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both species are <\/span><b>members of the podihuna clade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are restricted to the Brahmaputra River valley.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They occur on opposite banks of the river and have significant genetic differences.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/new-gecko-species-from-assam-named-after-brahmaputra\/article69813788.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cnemaspis brahmaputra is a newly discovered species of gecko, found at Dirgheswari Temple on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra River in Assam. 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