15 new species of gecko have just been discovered in Myanmar.
These species live in a relatively small region consisting of a plain that has limestone pinnacles. Roughly speaking, on each pinnacle a different kind of gecko has evolved in isolation.
I remember a holiday years ago in a rented Greek house. It had house geckos (they eat flies, so they are useful). I was fascinated by a tiny baby gecko, no longer than the joint of a finger, that I saw walking up a window pane. Geckos have special sticky footpads (still not completely understood I believe) that let them climb smooth vertical surfaces: they can literally "walk on walls".
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15 new species of gecko have just been discovered in Myanmar.
These species live in a relatively small region consisting of a plain that has limestone pinnacles. Roughly speaking, on each pinnacle a different kind of gecko has evolved in isolation.
I remember a holiday years ago in a rented Greek house. It had house geckos (they eat flies, so they are useful). I was fascinated by a tiny baby gecko, no longer than the joint of a finger, that I saw walking up a window pane. Geckos have special sticky footpads (still not completely understood I believe) that let them climb smooth vertical surfaces: they can literally "walk on walls".