Newly discovered / described species 2016

[vogelcommando]

Abstract of the discription of 2 new Geckos from India :
Two new species of ground-dwelling Cyrtodactylus ( Geckoella ) from the Mysore Plateau, south India | AGARWAL | Zootaxa

 

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Abstract of the discription of a new frog-species from Brazil :
A new species of Scinax Wagler (Anura: Hylidae) from Paraná, Southern Brazil | CONTE | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

Abstract of the discription of a new crayfish from Alabama - USA :
Cambarus ( Depressicambarus ) clairitae , a new species of crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from Alabama with a review of the halli Group in the subgenus Depressicambarus | SCHUSTER | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

Discription of a new velvet gecko from Australia :
Young relicts and old relicts: a novel palaeoendemic vertebrate from the Australian Central Uplands | Open Science

and an article about the discription :
Colourful ancient gecko discovered in Australian desert

 

[vogelcommando]

Discription of 2 new Liolaemus-lizard species from Chile :
http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9528

And an article about the discovery :

Two new lizards with 'heroic past' discovered in the Chilean Andes

 

[vogelcommando]

Discription of 3 new Dwarf salamanders from Mexico :
Biology of tiny animals: three new species of minute salamanders (Plethodontidae: Thorius) from Oaxaca, Mexico

and an article about the discovery :
Newly discovered salamander species, world’s smallest, already endangered

 

[jbnbsn99]

New Bushbaby (?!) :
Study finds new bushbaby species

Somehow I missed this one. It's not a new species according to the article - it's a whole new genus. Much bigger news. This article has more info on it: UFH zoology team leads group to bushbaby find

 

[vogelcommando]

"Rediscovery" of an little-known arboreal spiny rat in Brazil :
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/zool/v33n4/1984-4689-zool-33-04-e20150208.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

Discription of 2 new genera and 2 new species of short-tailed whip-scorpions from Brazil :
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/zool/v33n2/1984-4689-zool-33-02-e20150195.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

Discription of a new species of Tarantula from Brazil :
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/zool/v33n2/1984-4689-zool-33-02-e20150190.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

Rediscovery of a butterfly-species in Brazil :
http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbent/v60n1/0085-5626-rbent-60-01-0105.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

A new "type"of caribou ? :
There may be a type of caribou that science never noticed

 

[vogelcommando]

New leaf-like spider from China :
This Never Before Seen Spider Looks Like a Leaf

 

[vogelcommando]

Abstract of the discription of 10 new frog-species from Papua New-Guinea :
Ten new species of Oreophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea | KRAUS | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

Discription of a new species of catfish from Brazil :
http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=9917

 

[vogelcommando]

Abstract of the discription of 2 new shrew-species from Ethiopia :
Diversity of shrews in Ethiopia, with the description of two new species of Crocidura (Mammalia: Lipotyphla: Soricidae) | LAVRENCHENKO | Zootaxa

 

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Discription of 2 new land-snail species from China :
http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=10236

 

[vogelcommando]

Abstract of the discription of a new species of jawfish from India :
Opistognathus ensiferus , a new species of jawfish (Opistognathidae) from the Gulf of Mannar, India, with redescription of O. solorensis Bleeker | SMITH-VANIZ | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

Discription of 2 "new" ( 2014 ) Halfbeaks from Indonesia :
http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/images...of_zoology/zoology_volume_62/62rbz200-209.pdf

 

[MikeG]

A new bat from southern Arabia:
Pipistrellus dhofarensis

Ref. A New Species of Pipistrelle Bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Southern Arabia
Petr Benda, Antonín Reiter, Marcel Uhrin, and Zuzana Varadínová
Acta Chiropterologica Dec 2016: Vol. 18, Issue 2, p.301-323.