Status Survey of Indian Golden Gecko, Calodactylodes Aureus (beddome, 1870) in Eastern Ghats, India

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The Eastern Ghats are isolated hill ranges spreading across states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in Peninsular India and covers an area of about 1750 km. It lies in 11 30 ́ to 21 0 N Latitudes and 77 22 ́ to 85 20 ́ E Longitudes. It is included under 6°C eastern highlands of the Deccan plateau and one of the biologically richest biogeographic zones of India (Rodgers et al., 2008).

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تاریخ انتشار 2015