Agaya Gangai Dwarf Gecko
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''Cnemaspis agayagangai'', the Agaya Gangai dwarf gecko, is a species of diurnal, rock-dwelling,
insectivorous A robber fly eating a hoverfly An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects. An alternative term is entomophage, which can also refer to the human practice of eating insects. The first vertebrate insectivores were ...
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 ...
endemic to
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species name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
refers to the type locality,
Agaya Gangai Agaya Gangai waterfalls are located in Kolli Hills of the Eastern Ghats, in India. Panchanathi, a jungle stream, cascades down as the Agaya Gangai (English: Ganges of Sky), near Arapaleeswarar temple atop the Kolli Hills in Namakkal district, Ta ...
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Cnemaspis agayagangai
agayagangai Reptiles of India Reptiles described in 2022 Taxa named by Ishan Agarwal Taxa named by Akshay Khandekar {{gekkonidae-stub