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Dravidogecko
''Dravidogecko'' is a genus of Indian gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar .... It includes the following species: *Anamalay dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko anamallensis'' ( Günther, 1875) *Adams’s dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko douglasadamsi'' (Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy, & Karanth, 2019) *Janaki’s dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko janakiae'' (Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy, & Karanth, 2019) *Meghamalai dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko meghamalaiensis'' (Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy, & Karanth, 2019) *Wayanad dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko septentrionalis'' (Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy, & Karanth, 2019) *Smith’s dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko smithi'' (Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy, & Karanth, 2019) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidogecko
''Dravidogecko'' is a genus of Indian gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos ar .... It includes the following species: *Anamalay dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko anamallensis'' ( Günther, 1875) *Adams’s dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko douglasadamsi'' (Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy, & Karanth, 2019) *Janaki’s dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko janakiae'' (Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy, & Karanth, 2019) *Meghamalai dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko meghamalaiensis'' (Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy, & Karanth, 2019) *Wayanad dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko septentrionalis'' (Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy, & Karanth, 2019) *Smith’s dravidogecko, '' Dravidogecko smithi'' (Chaitanya, Giri, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Murthy, & Karanth, 2019) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidogecko Anamallensis
''Dravidogecko anamallensis'', also known as the Anamalay gecko, Anaimalai dravidogecko, or Anamalai Hill gecko, is a species of gecko found in the South Indian hills of Palni, Anamalai and Tirunelveli. It is assigned to the genus ''Dravidogecko'', with a resurrection in 2019, as a study suggested molecular phylogenetics Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ... is to have had a separate origin from the other ''Hemidactylus'' species. References Further reading * Bauer, Aaron M. & Anthony Patrick Russell. 1995. The systematic relationships of Dravidogecko anamallensis (Günther 1875). Asiatic Herpetol. Res. 6: 30–35. * Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidogecko Douglasadamsi
''Dravidogecko douglasadamsi'', also known as Adams's dravidogecko, is a species of gecko found in India. It is assigned to the genus ''Dravidogecko ''Dravidogecko'' is a genus of Indian gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates thr ...''. References Dravidogecko Reptiles described in 2019 {{gecko-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidogecko Janakiae
''Dravidogecko janakiae'', also known as Janaki's dravidogecko, is a species of gecko found in India. It is assigned to the genus ''Dravidogecko''. The species, discovered in 2019, is named after Indian botanist Janaki Ammal Edavalath Kakkat Janaki Ammal (4 November 1897 – 7 February 1984) was an Indian botanist who worked on plant breeding, cytogenetics and phytogeography. Her most notable work involved studies on sugarcane and the eggplant (brinjal). She also ... References Dravidogecko Reptiles described in 2019 {{gecko-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidogecko Meghamalaiensis
''Dravidogecko meghamalaiensis'', also known as the Meghamalai dravidogecko, is a species of gecko found in India. It is assigned to the genus ''Dravidogecko ''Dravidogecko'' is a genus of Indian gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates thr ...''. References Dravidogecko Reptiles described in 2019 {{gecko-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidogecko Septentrionalis
''Dravidogecko septentrionalis'', also known as the Wayanad dravidogecko, is a species of gecko found in India. It is assigned to the genus ''Dravidogecko ''Dravidogecko'' is a genus of Indian gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates thr ...''. References Dravidogecko Reptiles described in 2019 {{gecko-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidogecko Smithi
''Dravidogecko smithi'', also known as Smith's dravidogecko, is a species of gecko found in India. It is assigned to the genus ''Dravidogecko ''Dravidogecko'' is a genus of Indian gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates thr ...''. References Dravidogecko Reptiles described in 2019 {{gecko-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dravidogecko Tholpalli
''Dravidogecko tholpalli'', also known as the Kodaikanal dravidogecko, is a species of gecko found in India. It is assigned to the genus ''Dravidogecko ''Dravidogecko'' is a genus of Indian gecko Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates thr ...''. References Dravidogecko Reptiles described in 2019 {{gecko-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gecko
Geckos are small, mostly carnivorous lizards that have a wide distribution, found on every continent except Antarctica. Belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, geckos are found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from . Geckos are unique among lizards for their vocalisations, which differ from species to species. Most geckos in the family Gekkonidae use chirping or clicking sounds in their social interactions. Tokay geckos (''Gekko gecko'') are known for their loud mating calls, and some other species are capable of making hissing noises when alarmed or threatened. They are the most species-rich group of lizards, with about 1,500 different species worldwide. All geckos, except species in the family Eublepharidae lack eyelids; instead, the outer surface of the eyeball has a transparent membrane, the cornea. They have a fixed lens within each iris that enlarges in darkness to let in more light. Since they cannot blink, species without eyelids generally lick t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Günther
Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther FRS, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3 October 1830 – 1 February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. Günther is ranked the second-most productive reptile taxonomist (after George Albert Boulenger) with more than 340 reptile species described. Early life and career Günther was born in Esslingen in Swabia (Württemberg). His father was a ''Stiftungs-Commissar'' in Esslingen and his mother was Eleonora Nagel. He initially schooled at the Stuttgart Gymnasium. His family wished him to train for the ministry of the Lutheran Church for which he moved to the University of Tübingen. A brother shifted from theology to medicine, and he, too, turned to science and medicine at Tübingen in 1852. His first work was "''Ueber den Puppenzustand eines Distoma''". He graduated in medicine with an M.D. from Tübingen in 1858, the same year in which he published a handbook of zoology for students of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
