Cnemaspis avasabinae is name of a new species of lizard discovered in the Eastern Ghats. The research team gave it a common name – Sabin’s Nellore dwarf gecko.
- Lizard is the smallest known Indian gekkonid.
- The new species belonged to the genus Cnemaspis.
- The newly discovered dwarf gecko – Cnemaspis avasabinae is the twelfth species to be discovered outside the Western Ghats and also the first species reported from the Velikonda Range in Andhra Pradesh.
- The most interesting find was that the males of the species lacked femoral pores.
- In India, 45 diverse species of Cnemaspis have been found, of which 34 are from the Western Ghats.
(Source: The Hindu)
