After a century of mistaken identity, a Balinese gecko gets its own name
2020-06-04 14:56
BOGOR, Indonesia — For nearly a century it was thought to be a separate population of a gecko species found in Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island. Now, the bent-toed gecko found in western Bali, nearly a thousand miles to the southwest, has been declared its own, distinct species. The description of Cyrtodactylus jatnai is based on a […]
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