<h2 style="text-align:justify">About Bent-toed Gecko:</h2>

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	<li style="text-align: justify;">The beautifully-patterned Bent-toed Gecko is a small, nocturnal species.</li>
	<li style="text-align: justify;">Its scientific name is Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) chengodumalaens.</li>
	<li style="text-align: justify;">It is found on the ground among leaf litter and rocks in forests and partially human-altered landscapes like orchards and other areas with canopy cover.</li>
	<li style="text-align: justify;">It is endemic to low hills and coastal forests in northern Kerala and is known from scattered localities spanning a maximum of 120 km distance in Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, and Thrissur districts.</li>
	<li style="text-align: justify;">It is the second new species of gecko which has been described from Chengodumala highlighting the fact that the biodiversity of these low-elevation hillocks</li>
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<h3 style="text-align:justify">Q1) What is Endemism?</h3>

Endemism is an ecological classification in that it describes the range or distribution of a species or group of species. 

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Bent-toed Gecko

Overview:

Recently, scientists have discovered a new species of ground-dwelling gecko, a species of lizard, from the coastal forests of Kerala.

About Bent-toed Gecko:

Q1) What is Endemism?

Bent-toed Gecko

Overview:

Recently, scientists have discovered a new species of ground-dwelling gecko, a species of lizard, from the coastal forests of Kerala.

About Bent-toed Gecko:

Q1) What is Endemism?

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