As darkness fell across a windmill farm in western India, a spiky creature emerged from some nearby rocks to hunt. Its “large” brown eyes scanned the plateau, but it wasn’t the only one looking around ...

It had long been suspected the Japanese gecko, which also inhabits eastern China, is an alien species introduced from the Asian mainland in the distant past. The “Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam ...

The geckos have a mixture of dark brown blotches ... The farm “is one of the largest such facilities in Asia” and “has been developed into a popular tourist destination.” ...