Bandar-e Jask leaf-toed geckos are considered “medium”-sized, reaching about 4.5 inches in length, the study said. They have “big” eyes, “slender” bodies covered in white spikes and ...

Scientists found a “big”-eyed creature with “elongated limbs” in a canyon of Iran and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Nazarov, Nabizadeh, Rajabizadeh, Melnikov, Volkova ...

Scientists found a “big”-eyed creature with “elongated limbs” in a canyon of Iran and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Nazarov, Nabizadeh, Rajabizadeh, Melnikov, Volkova ...

Scientists found a “big”-eyed creature with “elongated limbs” in a canyon of Iran and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Nazarov, Nabizadeh, Rajabizadeh, Melnikov, Volkova ...

The geckos’ eyes appear to blend in with the rest of the mottled pattern. A female Hemiphyllodactylus vanhoensis, or Vanho slender gecko. Photo from Vinh Quang Luu ...

The geckos’ eyes appear to blend in with the rest of the mottled pattern. A female Hemiphyllodactylus vanhoensis, or Vanho slender gecko. Photo from Vinh Quang Luu ...

The geckos’ eyes appear to blend in with the rest of the mottled pattern. A female Hemiphyllodactylus vanhoensis, or Vanho slender gecko. Photo from Vinh Quang Luu ...

The geckos’ eyes appear to blend in with the rest of the mottled pattern. A female Hemiphyllodactylus vanhoensis, or Vanho slender gecko. Photo from Vinh Quang Luu ...

The geckos’ eyes appear to blend in with the rest of the mottled pattern. A female Hemiphyllodactylus vanhoensis, or Vanho slender gecko. Photo from Vinh Quang Luu ...