(English) Malagasy fady may have kept new gecko from extinction

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. A newly-described species of gecko may have been saved from extinction by local fady – traditional taboos or cultural prohibitions – connected to the few places in which it lives. An international team of biologists has described and named the nocturnal gecko, with mottled brown skin and…

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