{"id":91110,"date":"2026-03-05T12:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T07:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=91110"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:00:33","slug":"takydromus-ultapanensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/takydromus-ultapanensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Takydromus ultapanensis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Takydromus ultapanensis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers recently discovered a new species of Asian grass lizard named Takydromus ultapanensis from Assam\u2019s Manas Biosphere landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Takydromus ultapanensis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a new species of <\/span><b>Asian grass lizard.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered in <\/span><b>Assam\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/manas-national-park\/\" target=\"_blank\">Manas Biosphere<\/a> landscape.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was found in the <\/span><b>Ultapani Reserve Forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Kokrajhar district.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Unlike many of its congeners found in montane or subtropical habitats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, T. ultapanensis <\/span><b>inhabits lowland, semi-evergreen forests interspersed with waterlogged grasslands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> fern patches.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers recorded the lizards<\/span><b> basking on fern bushes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>small open patches criss-crossed by seasonal water channels.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Morphologically<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the new species <\/span><b>differs from its northeastern Indian relatives\u2014including T. khasiensis and T. sikkimensis,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in scale patterns, body proportions, and diagnostic head features.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fact that T. ultapanensis is currently known from a single forest range raises conservation concerns.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/m.nenow.in\/article\/environment\/new-grass-lizard-species-discovered-in-assams-manas-landscape\/493252\/amp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NEN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Takydromus ultapanensis is a new species of Asian grass lizard. 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