{"id":63152,"date":"2025-09-12T15:46:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=63152"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:46:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:16:30","slug":"cyrtodactylus-vanarakshaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyrtodactylus-vanarakshaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyrtodactylus Vanarakshaka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cyrtodactylus Vanarakshaka Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a new species of bent-toed gecko, recorded from the montane forests of central Assam.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cyrtodactylus Vanarakshaka<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>bent-toed gecko<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> belonging to the <\/span><b>Cyrtodactylus khasiensis group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was spotted from the forested <\/span><b>slopes of Dima Hasao\u2019s Jatinga, a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> unique ecological transition zone within the <\/span><b>Barail Hills.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been named after the Assam Forest Department.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>word \u201cvanarakshaka,\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> derived from the Sanskrit words \u201cvana\u201d (forest) and \u201crakshaka\u201d (protector), refers to the Assam Forest Department.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The species is known for high levels of endemism and restricted distributions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This finding has increased the number of Cyrtodactylus species known from Assam to five.<\/span><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What is Gecko?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are reptiles and are found on all the <\/span><b>continents except Antarctica.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These colorful lizards have adapted to habitats from rainforests, to deserts, to cold mountain slopes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are mostly small, usually nocturnal reptiles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geckos are spread<strong> across six families:<\/strong> Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Eublepharidae, Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, and Sphaerodactylidae<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/new-gecko-from-assam-named-after-forest-department\/article70033829.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyrtodactylus vanarakshaka is a bent-toed gecko belonging to the Cyrtodactylus khasiensis group. 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