Newly discovered / described species 2020

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of pit viper from Thailand :

View of Protobothrops kelomohy sp. nov. (Squamata: Viperidae), the Second Known Species of Lance-Headed Pit Viper from Thailand

 

[Hipporex]

With all that's going on in the world it's nice to read some non-corona related news

 

[vogelcommando]

- New Praying mantis species from Brazil :

A new mantis species rises from the ashes of Brazil’s National Museum

and its discription :

A new species and first record of Vates Burmeister, 1838 from the Atlantic Rainforest (Mantodea: Vatinae) | Rivera | European Journal of Taxonomy

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of 3 new millipedes-species from Brazil :

Three new species of the millipede genus Catharosoma Silvestri, 1897 from southern Brazil, with new records and a clarified identity of Catharosoma intermedium (Carl, 1902) (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) | RODRIGUES | Zootaxa

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

A new species of Hemiodus Müller (Characiformes: Hemiodontidae) from the lower Rio Xingu, Brazil | DA SILVEIRA SILVA | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

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

A new species of the genus Verilus (Teleostei, Percomorpha, Acropomatidae) from Brazil | SCHWARZHANS | Zootaxa

- Abstract of a new species of cyprinid fish from India :

Parapsilorhynchus alluriensis , a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Eastern Ghats, of India | JADHAV | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new Garra-species from Oman :

Revision of the Garra species of the Hajar Mountains in Oman and the United Arab Emirates with the description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) | KIRCHNER | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new Bent-toed gecko from Malaysia :

A new potentially endangered limestone-associated Bent-toed Gecko of the Cyrtodactylus pulchellus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) complex from northern Peninsular Malaysia | WOOD | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new tetra-species from Costa Rica :

Taxonomic review of the Hyphessobrycon panamensis species-group (Characiformes: Characidae) | OTA | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 2 new species of sixgill sawsharks from the Indian Ocean :

Revision of the sixgill sawsharks, genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of P. warreni Regan

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 3 new Chameleon-species from Madagascar :

http://www.markscherz.com/wp-conten...nasutum-complex-Squamata-Chamaeleonidae-1.pdf

- Abstract of a new species of cyprinid fish from India :

[URL='https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4751.3.8']Parapsilorhynchus alluriensis , a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Eastern Ghats, of India | JADHAV | Zootaxa

Article about this new species :

New edible freshwater fish discovered in Andhra Pradesh



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[vogelcommando]

- New frog-species from India :

Great leap forward in Western Ghats

Another article about the new species :

Muduga leaping frog is first new member of its genus found in over a century

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new weevil-species from Equador :

The first discovery of the genus Pseudoalaocybites Osella, 1980 from Ecuador, with a description of a new species in an alpine ecosystem (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Molytinae)

 

[vogelcommando]

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

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222933.2020.1728411?journalCode=tnah20

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of damselfly from Costa Rica :

Telebasis rojinegra (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) sp. nov. from Costa Rica | HABER | Zootaxa

- Discription of 5 new long-toed water beetles from the Neotropics :

Hiding in plain sight: rediscovery and review of Parygrus Erichson, 1847, with description of five new species from the Neotropics (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Dryopidae) | BARR | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 2 new beetle-species from China :

Notes on the genus Trigonotoma from China, with descriptions of two new species (Carabidae, Pterostichinae)

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of characin from Colombia :

A new species of Creagrutus Günther (Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the Amazonian Piedmont of Colombia | ALBORNOZ-GARZÓN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new snake-species from India :

Description of a new species of Xylophis Beddome, 1878 (Serpentes: Pareidae: Xylophiinae) from the Western Ghats, India | DEEPAK | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

Some new species from last year :

- Discription of a new scorpion-species from Mexico :

A new species of Centruroides (Scorpiones, Buthidae) from Colima, Mexico - ScienceDirect

- New snake-species from India :

Experts spot new snake species under logs in Arunachal’s forests | Pune News - Times of India

and the discription of this species :

A new species of fossorial natricid snakes of the genus Trachischium Günther, 1858 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from the Himalayas of northeastern India - ScienceDirect

 

[vogelcommando]

- New Girdle-tailed lizard-species from Southern Africa :

Here be dragons: Analysis reveals new species in Smaug lizard group

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of 7 new species of Australian peacock spiders :

Seven new species of Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch, 1878) | SCHUBERT | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of 4 new gecko-species from Myanmar :

Four new Burmese species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from distantly related parapatric clades from the Shan Plateau and Salween Basin | GRISMER | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of dart frog from Colombia :

Description of a new diminutive Hyloxalus (Anura: Dendrobatidae: Hyloxalinae) from the Magdalena Valley of Colombia | ACOSTA-GALVIS | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of turtle-headed sea-snake from Australia :

A new species of turtle-headed sea Snake ( Emydocephalus : Elapidae) endemic to Western Australia | NANKIVELL | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new species of Eucla cods from Australian waters :

Revision of the fish family Euclichthyidae (Pisces: Gadiformes) with the description of two new species from the Western Pacific | LAST | Zootaxa

- Discription of a new Scorpion-species from Arizona :

https://mds.marshall.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1333&context=euscorpius

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of 7 new species of Australian peacock spiders :

Seven new species of Australian peacock spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini: Maratus Karsch, 1878) | SCHUBERT | Zootaxa

Article about the new Peacock spiders :

Newly discovered itty-bitty spider looks like Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of turtle-headed sea-snake from Australia :

A new species of turtle-headed sea Snake ( Emydocephalus : Elapidae) endemic to Western Australia | NANKIVELL | Zootaxa

And an article about the new species :

New species of sea snake discovered in WA

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new frog-species from China :

A new species of Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) from Guizhou Province, China

- Discription of a new species of butterfly from the USA :

A new Stamnodes from the southwestern United States (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)

- Discription of 2 new species of diving beetles from Surinam :

Two new species of Agaporomorphus Guignot from Suriname (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae)

- Discription of a new genus and 3 new species of cave-living ground beetles from China :

New cavernicolous ground beetles from Anhui Province, China (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini, Platynini)

 

[Birdlover]

2 new species of toads from Nevada,United States!
Two New Cryptic Endemic Toads of Bufo Discovered in Central Nevada, Western United States (Amphibia: Bufonidae: Bufo [Anaxyrus])