Dravidgecko Lizard
- Discovered: 2019
Dravidgecko lizards are relatively small lizards found only in the Western Ghats in India. While the first was discovered in 1875, it was thought to be alone as the sole version of its species still around. However, that all changed in 2019 when Herpetologist R. Chaitayna managed to find six new species of this lizard. Scientists believe that this lizard species first entered India around 58 million years ago via island-hopping when India was not yet attached to Asia like it is today. This is not abnormal, as various species were thought to island-hop when sea levels were lower.