Uddhav Thackeray's younger son Tejas Thackeray and his team discovered new species of lizards

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray's younger son,Tejas Thackeray and his team have discovered a new lizard species from Sakleshwar in central-western ghats of Karnataka. The large-bodied cnemaspis they have discovered is a 'dwarf gecko' Akshay Khandekar, lead author of a paper prepared by the four member team, said the new gecko species was discovered from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot.