Newly discovered / described species 2016

Rediscovery of a Lion-population in North-west Ethiopia :
Lions rediscovered in Ethiopia's Alatash game park - BBC News

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Discription of 2 new Tree frogs from Taiwan :
Systematic revision of the Taiwanese genus Kurixalus members with a description of two new endemic species (Anura, Rhacophoridae)
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Another article about the 2 new Tree frogs :


Emerald and gold: Two new precious-eyed endemic tree frog species from Taiwan | EurekAlert! Science News

vogelcommando said:
Discription of a new genus and new species of Praying mantis from Madagascar :
A new genus and species (Cornucollis gen. n. masoalensis sp. n.) of praying mantis from northern Madagascar (Mantodea, Iridopterygidae, Tropidomantinae)
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Another article about the discovery of this new genus and species :

New “Horned Neck” Mantis Species and Genus | Cleveland Museum of Natural History
 
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A new bat from West Africa:
Isabelline White-winged Serotine (Neoromicia isabella)

Ref. Decher, J., Hoffmann, A., Schaer, J., Norris, R.W., Kadjo, B., Astrin, J., Monadjem, A., Hutterer, R. 2016.
'Bat diversity in the Simandou Mountain Range of Guinea, with the description of a new white-winged vespertilionid.'
Acta Chiropterologica 17(2): 255-282
 
Arunachalam, Muthukumarasamy, Chinnaraja, Sivadoss and Mayden, Richard Lee. (2016). Remarkable Rediscovery of Barbus (=Hypselobarbus) mussullah (Sykes) after 175 years of hiatus and description of a new species of Hypselobarbus Bleeker from peninsular India (Cyprinidae: Cypriniformes). FishTaxa 1: 1-13. [Abstract]

Rediscovery of two endemic St. Helena arthropods: a centipede (Lamyctes leleupi) and a cranefly (Dicranomyia basilewskyana).

Source:

New bugs discovered on remote Atlantic island | Buglife
 
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vogelcommando said:
Discription of a new genus and 2 new species of electric fish from Gabon :
Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa
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Another article about the 2 new species :


'Hidden fish' genus described for two new weakly electric mormyrid species from Gabon

New Desert tortoise-species discribed from Mexico ! :
The desert tortoise trichotomy: Mexico hosts a third, new sister-species of tortoise in the Gopherus morafkai?G. agassizii group

Discription of two new Giant bent-toed geckos from New Guinea :
The Knight and the King: two new species of giant bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus, Gekkonidae, Squamata) from northern New Guinea, with comments on endemism in the North Papuan Mountains

Abstract of the discription of a new species of karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko from Laos :
A new species of karst-dwelling bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Khammouane Province, central Laos | LUU | Zootaxa
 
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Abstract of the discription of a new Catfish-species from Bangladesh and India :
A new species of anguilliform catfish (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Bangladesh and northeastern India | NG | Zootaxa

Abstract of the discription of 22 new Huntsman spider which are placed in a new created genus :
Neostasina gen. nov., a new genus of huntsman spiders from the Neotropical region (Araneae, Sparassidae, Sparianthinae) | RHEIMS | Zootaxa

vogelcommando said:
New Desert tortoise-species discribed from Mexico ! :
The desert tortoise trichotomy: Mexico hosts a third, new sister-species of tortoise in the Gopherus morafkai?G. agassizii group
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Another article about the new Tortoise-species :


Research group led by Canadian curator finds new tortoise species in Mexico | CTV News
 
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vogelcommando said:
New species of turtle found on New Guinea :
New species of freshwater turtle found in Papua New Guinea - CBBC Newsround
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Odd how the media will sometimes suddenly pick up on a discovery that was made some time ago.
This CBBC story concerns Elseya rhodini, which was described in August last year - in Zootaxa 4006 (1): 059–082

(The species was named in honour of Anders G. J. Rhodin; Chairman Emeritus of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group)
 
Nope. But then I haven't actually been looking.

Will be keeping my eyes peeled now, though.

:p

Hix
 
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Three new South American lizards:
Abstract: Tropidurus Wied, 1825, is one of the most ubiquitous lizard genera endemic to South America. Herpetologists from different regions of the continent have progressively mapped new populations, including undescribed species hidden under widely distributed nominal taxa. Currently, four monophyletic species groups are recognized in Tropidurus (T. bogerti group (monotypic), T. semitaeniatus group (four species), T. spinulosus group (five species), and T. torquatus group (16 species)), but none have been comprehensively revised taxonomically. During a collection expedition carried out in Paraguay in 2013, I recognized three new, distinct morphotypes among populations of the Tropidurus spinulosus group formerly assigned to T. guarani Alvarez et al., 1994. To delimit these new taxa, I analyzed coloration patterns, and quantified meristic and morphometric variables, comparing freshly collected samples with specimens housed in five museum collections. In this paper, I describe and illustrate the allopatric T. lagunablanca, n. sp., T. tarara, n. sp., and T. teyumirim, n. sp., and provide notes on their distribution limits, natural history, and conservation status.
Ref. 'Three new species of the Tropidurus spinulosus group (Squamata, Tropiduridae) from eastern Paraguay.' Carvalho, André L. G.
American Museum novitates, no. 3853
 
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