They took a closer look at the animals and soon realized they’d discovered a new species: Hemidactylus amarasinghei, or Amarasinghe’s house gecko. A Hemidactylus amarasinghei, or Amarasinghe ...

A scientist found some “velvet” creatures with “bulbous” tails in rock crevices of Queensland and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from the Flinders Shire Council As night ...

#NewSpeciesAlert - Oedura atra. A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from basalt habitat of inland north Queensland, Australia. Hoskin said he named the new species after the ...

As night fell across a remote region of northern Australia, a “velvet” creature emerged from a pile of rocks. Its hard-to-reach habitat and camouflaged coloring helped it go largely unnoticed ...