New-to-science gecko Cyrtodactylus jayadityai discovered in Tripura, named after researchers’ mentor

GUWAHATI

A team of researchers has described a new species of bent-toed gecko from Tripura, thereby expanding the herpetofauna of the northeast.

The researchers named the new species, Cyrtodactylus jayadityai, after their Assam-based herpetologist mentor Jayaditya Purkayastha.