New gecko species discovered in Vietnam
Update: 13/01/2010
The eighth species of gecko has been found in Vietnam by Vietnamese and Germany scientists. It will be named after assistant professor Le Xuan Canh from the Institute for Ecology and Creature Resources to acknowledge his contribution in biodiversity research in Vietnam – Geko canhi roesler Nguyen, Doan, Ho, Nguyen & Ziegler, 2010.
This new species of gecko has been announced in the Zootaxa magazine. The specimen was collected in Huu Lien, Lang Son province and Sapa, Lao Cai Province.
This is the third species of gecko to be discovered in the last two years in the north, besides Goniurosaurus catbaensis on Cat Ba Island, Hai Phong city and Goniurosaurus huulienensis in Huu Lien, Lang Son in 2008.