Aravalli destruction and Jeypore ground gecko habitat
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- The Jeypore ground gecko was presumed extinct for 130 years and rediscovered in 2010.
- Only four individuals were documented in the past year in Odisha's Balda hills, within the proposed 147-hectare forest mining area.
- The species is restricted to high-elevation Eastern Ghats forests at about 900–1,400 metres and split from close relatives over 20 million years ago.
- The Aravalli Virasat Jan Abhiyaan asked the Supreme Court-appointed committee to assess destruction and hold public hearings across affected districts.
- exam_relevance: combines rediscovery, range-restricted species, habitat fragmentation, mining clearance and community consultation—specific facts that support a biodiversity-prelims and environment-governance question.
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