VietNamNet Bridge – A Vietnamese biologist has recently discovered two new lizard species in Ba Den mountain, Tay Ninh province. They are of the Gekkonidae, Cyrtodactylus family.

Two new species of lizards recently found

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc, who found of the creature, is now working at HCM City’s Institute of Tropical Biology. Mr Ngoc, together with his Russian colleagues, named the two new species as Cyrtodactylus nigriocularis and Cyrtodactylus badenensis. Both of these creature live in caves or cliffs of 100 – 500 metres high.

The typical characteristics of the Cyrtodactylus badenensis are white dots in its back and tail, yellow brown head and living on cliffs. Meanwhile, the Cyrtodactylus nigriocularis is of bigger size but more difficult to find as they often live inside the caves. Commonly, Cyrtodactylus nigriocularis has a brown body, which, in some case, can chage in accordance with the light, temperature and habitat.

Such a discovery has been released in the Russian Journal of Herpetology. According to may scientists, these lizards have never been seen anywhere on earth. The discovery also reveals Ba Den mountain is not only a tourist attraction for its cultural and historical values but for the bio-diversity and is in need of further preservation.

(Source: Tuoi tre)