Carrying a backpack on his back and a stick in his hand, Lalpu is wading through the tall grass atop a forested hill. He hears a “ge-cko” croaking call, and stops. He’s sure that at least one gecko is ...
Washington, DC—Wildlife trafficking and the unsustainable wildlife and plant trade is a multibillion-dollar industry and a major threat to species in the United States and worldwide, according to a ...
New research has been investigating the origins of tokay geckos in Hong Kong, both the wild ones and those sold in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) shops. Tokay geckos are one of the most ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Claims that a nocturnal Asian lizard can be used to help treat the HIV virus have led to a sharp boom in smuggling of the reptile, putting it at risk, a conservation group ...
A surge in demand for Tokay Geckos is leading to the "rapacious collection" of the animals in Southeast Asia," says a wildlife-protection group.... An Asian lizard that likes to come out at night has ...
UNDATED (WKRC) - Scientists discovered that a certain lizard has a strange structure in their inner ear that allows the critter to sense lower vibrations than previously thought possible. The tokay ...
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 16th November 2011—Unfounded claims of a potential cure for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is one factor behind a boom in the trade of Tokay Geckos, according to a new ...
With more than one million geckos estimated to be traded annually, effective implementation of this newly adopted listing could help, tokay geckos benefit from increased monitoring and regulation of ...
The baby blue and orange-spotted tokay gecko—whose creaky calls of to-kay provided its onomatopoeic name—have always been ubiquitous throughout Southeast Asia, southern China and India. The ...
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