Lizard DNA reveals India’s grasslands are likely pre-human – and need protection

Mongabay
May 31, 2017, 5:45 am154 ptsTrending
It started out as an interest in lacertids – a family of small lizards native to Asia, Europe, and Africa – an itch to “understand what was going on with these lizards,” according to Dr. Ishan Agarwal, biologist at Villanova University, Pennsylvania. Lacertids are abundant in India, where there are ten…

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Lizard DNA reveals India’s grasslands are likely pre-human – and need protection

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