A new species of bent-toed gecko recorded from a wooded part of the Umroi Military Station in Meghalaya was named Indian Army’s bent-toed gecko.
- Its scientific name is Crytodactylus exercitus.
- Exercitus in Latin means army. The name was given to honour the Army for its services to the country.
- The military station where the bent-toed gecko was discovered was also a factor behind its name.
- The finding of the study was published in the latest issue of the European Journal of Taxonomy.
- India is now home to 40 species of the bent-toed gecko with the northeast accounting for 16 of them.
(Source: The Hindu)
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