{"id":98748,"date":"2026-04-17T13:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=98748"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:14:12","slug":"cyrtodactylus-jayadityai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cyrtodactylus-jayadityai\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyrtodactylus jayadityai"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Cyrtodactylus jayadityai Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, researchers discovered a new gecko species in Tripura and named it as Cyrtodactylus jayadityai.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Cyrtodactylus jayadityai\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a newly discovered species of <\/span><b>bent-toed gecko from Tripura.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It inhabits <\/span><b>lowland forest patches<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Characteristics<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is genetically distinct, showing a divergence of about 4.7-5.2% from its closest relative, Cyrtodactylus tripuraensis, based on mitochondrial DNA data.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>primarily nocturnal,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> emerging at night to forage and retreating into burrows and crevices during the day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The description of C. jayadityai has increased the number of <\/span><b>Cyrtodactylus species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>northeast to 31.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are Geckos?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These <\/span><b>are reptiles<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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 <\/span><b>nocturnal reptiles.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Geckos are spread across six families:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Carphodactylidae, Diplodactylidae, Eublepharidae, Gekkonidae, Phyllodactylidae, and Sphaerodactylidae<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tripura\/new-to-science-gecko-cyrtodactylus-jayadityai-discovered-in-tripura-named-after-researchers-mentor\/article70868328.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyrtodactylus jayadityai is a newly discovered species of bent-toed gecko from Tripura. 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