Newly discovered / described species 2015

[Ken E]

Yep, I meant of the species themselves. Thanks for the welcome, love the thread idea. New species, returning species, and species regrowing is good news I don't hear or see enough

 

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovery of the Black-fronted francolin :
http://www.senckenberg.de/files/con...2_vertebrate_zoology_64-2_toepfer_261-271.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

A new cave-dwelling fsh from Brazil :
Endangered Cave-Dwelling Fish Species Discovered in Brazil

 

[vogelcommando]

Discription of 2 new Catfish species from Brazil :
Two new species of Pseudancistrus (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Amazon basin, northern Brazil

 

[vogelcommando]

Preview of the discription of a new snake-species from Mexico :
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/z03918p405f.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

Bahama Woodstar seems to be actualy 2 different species :
UCR Today: A New Species of Hummingbird?

 

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovery of a Catfish in Brazil :
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v11n1/1679-6225-ni-11-01-0055.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

By split now a new cryptic species discribed :
Petrogale wilkinsi: New Species of Rock-Wallaby Discovered in Australia | Biology | Sci-News.com

 

[MikeG]

Not really a 'new' species, since it was described in 1926. It validates the opinion of the great mammal-taxonomist Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (1858-1929), who first described this wallaby as a distinct taxon in the following article:
Thomas, O. (1926) - 'Two new rock-wallabies (Petrogale) discovered by Capt. G. W. Wilkins in northern Australia.' Annals & Magazine of Natural History 17, p.184–187.

 

[vogelcommando]

"Rediscovery" of the Clarks snake. A species discribed, then placed in another species and now again recognized as a species of it's own ( preview ) :
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/z03919p395f.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

New species of Sea-dragon discovered, the Ruby sea-dragon :
https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/new-species-ruby-seadragon-discovered-scripps-researchers

 

[vogelcommando]

Preview of the discription of a new species of Glassfrog from Costa Rica :
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/z03920p084f.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

Discription of 2 small new snails from Spain :
Two new species of Zospeum Bourguignat, 1856 from the Basque-Cantabrian Mountains, Northern Spain (Eupulmonata, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae)

 

[vogelcommando]

Preview of the discription of a new Blindsnake from Brazil :
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/z03920p452f.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

Preview of the discription of a new species of Microhylid frog :
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/z03925p128f.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

A little late but here the discription of a new species of Stick insect from China :
A new species of Sinophasma Günther, 1940 from Guangxi, China (Phasmida: Diapheromeridae: Necrosciinae)

 

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovery of the Perret's toad :
The rediscovery of Perret?s toad, Amietophrynus perreti (Schiøtz, 1963) after more than 40 years, with comments on the species? phylogenetic placement and conservation status

 

[vogelcommando]

Discription of a new species of Gecko from Madagascar :
A new species of nocturnal gecko (Paroedura) from karstic limestone in northern Madagascar

 

[Surroundx]

Ocampo, John et al. (2015). Rediscovery of Passiflora danielii Killip, 1960 (subgenus Passiflora): a threatened narrow endemic species of Colombia. Check List 11(2): 1589.

 

[vogelcommando]

First Zapata rail seen in forty years ! :
Rare glimpse of elusive rail | BirdLife