Newly discovered / described species 2020

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new gecko-species from Cambodia :

A new insular species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius (Squamata: Gekkonidae) group from Cambodia with a discussion of habitat preference and ecomorphology | GRISMER | Zootaxa

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[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 5 new scorpion-species from South-eastern Europe :

https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1346&context=euscorpius

- Discription of a new scorpion-species from Martinique :

https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1344&context=euscorpius

- Discription of 6 new scorpion-species from Iran :

https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1343&context=euscorpius

 

[Smaggledagle]

New species of worm discovered at the bottom of the Southern Ocean, 400 miles from the tip of Antarctica

Japanese biologists discover new species of sea worm in the southern ocean

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of Harlequin frog from Brazil :

Out of Bound: A New Threatened Harlequin Toad (Bufonidae, Atelopus) from the Outer Borders of the Guiana Shield in Central Amazonia Described through Integrative Taxonomy

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of Pricklenape agama from China :

A new species of the genus Acanthosaura (Squamata, Agamidae) from Yunnan, China, with comments on its conservation status

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new frog-species from the Philippines :

A new forest frog of the genus Platymantis (Amphibia: Anura: Ceratobatrachidae: subgenus Tirahanulap ) from Leyte and Samar islands, eastern Philippines | DIESMOS | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new fish-species from Brazil :

A New Species of Hypomasticus from Eastern Brazil Based on Morphological and Molecular Data (Characiformes, Anostomidae)

-Discription of 4 new species of wood mice from the D.R Congo and Tanzania :

https://www.zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_69_1/055_kerbis_peterhans_20200228.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new agama-species from India :

https://www.zoologicalbulletin.de/BzB_Volumes/Volume_69_1/055_kerbis_peterhans_20200228.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus, new species and a new subspecies of clearwing moths from Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands :

The clearwing moths (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) of Australia, New Guinea and the Pacific Islands | KALLIES | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Toby fish from the Red Sea :

Canthigaster aziz , a new deep-dwelling toby fish (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from the Red Sea | MATSUURA | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Hermit crab from Japan :

Turleania rubriguttatus , a new species of pagurid hermit crab (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from shallow water in Japan, with notes on T. senticosa (McLaughlin & Haig, 1996) | KOMAI | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new Goby-species from Senegal :

A new species of Corcyrogobius (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from Île de Ngor, Senegal | KOVAČIĆ | Zootaxa

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[vogelcommando]

30 new species found around the Galapagos Islands :

30 New Species of Deep-Sea Life Forms Discovered Near The Galapagos

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new short-legged toad-species from China :

Species New to Science: [Herpetology • 2020] Review of the Genus Brachytarsophrys (Anura: Megophryidae), with Revalidation of Brachytarsophrys platyparietus and Description of Brachytarsophrys orientalis, A New Species from China

 

[Smaggledagle]

New species of tardigrade found on King George Island. This tardigrade species can change their eggs’ appearances at random.

https://massivesci.com/notes/tardigrades-antarctica-eggs-epigenetics/

 

[Yoshistar888]

Posts 58 and 84 both cover the same species of Fairy Wrasse found in the Philippines.
It's actually the same text as well.

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Rasbora from Sri Lanka :

Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2020] Rasbora adisi • A Molecular Phylogeny of the Freshwater‐fish Genus Rasbora (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals A Remarkable Diversification—And A Cryptic Species

- Discription of a new frog-species from Colombia :

A new Terrarana frog of genus Pristimantis from an unexplored cloud forest from the eastern Andes, Colombia

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new salamander-species from Peru :

Taxonomic status of the Neotropical salamanders Bolitoglossa altamazonica and Bolitoglossa peruviana (Amphibia: Caudata: Plethodontidae), with the description of a new species from Northern Peru | CUSI | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new goatfish from southern Africa :

Upeneus floros , a new goatfish from South Africa and Mozambique, with updated taxonomic accounts for U. guttatus and U. pori and a key to Western Indian Ocean Upeneus species (Mullidae) | UIBLEIN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new frog-species from Cambodia :

A new Leptobrachella (Anura: Megophryidae) from the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia | STUART | Zootaxa

 

[Dassie rat]

New species of mouse lemur: Microcebus jonahi

 

[Smaggledagle]

New species of mouse lemur: Microcebus jonahi

was already reported on

 

[UngulateNerd92]

Cardinham Woods records eight new species of spider in Cornwall for the first time.

Eight new species of spider recorded in Cornwall for the first time