New Species of Night Lizard Discovered in Mexico

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The National Commission of Protected Natural Areas (CONANP) announced the registration of a new endemic species of gecko (nightly flagartija) in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán biosphere reserve: called salamanchesa del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán. The specimen, named Salamanquesa del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán, was first captured in 2020 by the community surveillance brigades. Although it was initially thought to correspond to another species, an exhau…

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Scientists confirmed the discovery of a new species of gecko that is endemic in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Reserve and was named salamanchesa of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley. Related video: The anatomical secret is revealed that allows lizards and geckos to cut their tails to defend themselves The new species of Gecko was discovered between the states of Puebla and Oaxaca and in 2000 it was believed to be the Salamanquesa del Alto Balsas (Phyllodac…

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Tehuacán. – A new species of Endemic Gecko was confirmed and registered as part of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Biosphere Reserve (RBTC), after a thorough investigation that allowed to differentiate it from other reptiles of the same genus present in the region, reported the director of that protected natural area, Fernando Reyes Flores, noting that the first sighting was in 2020, but at that time it was considered to be a species already known. Now i…

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Ernesto MéndezA new species of Gecko (nightly flagartija) was discovered between the states of Puebla and Oaxaca and that in 2000 it was believed to be the Salamanquesa del Alto Balsas (Phyllodactylus emborai), but now, thanks to genomic studies, in combination with morphological and climatic data, it is known to be the newly baptized Salamanquesa of the Valley of Tehuacán-Cuicatlán (Phyllodactylus ngiwa), endemic species of the region.