In another finding that highlights the importance of protecting the Western ghats, a team of researchers along with Tejas Thackeray discovered a new large-bodied, rupicolous Dwarf gecko from the Western Ghats of Karnataka. Their study was published a few days ago in 'Zootaxa', a scientific journal.

The team of researchers includes Akshay Khandekar, who is lead and corresponding author, Tejas Thackeray (second author), Saunak Pal (third author), and Ishan Agarwal (senior author).