Newly discovered / described species 2020

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus and 16 new species of Stick insects from French Guiana :

Studies on neotropical Phasmatodea XX: A new genus and 16 new species from French Guiana | CONLE | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

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

A New Species of Micryletta (Amphibia: Anura) from Sumatra, Indonesia

and an article about the threat for this species :

Habitat of newly described frog in Sumatra threatened by oil palms, roads

 

[Smaggledagle]

1 genus containing 1 species of glass sea sponge referred to as the “E.T. sponge” which resides in deep waters of the eastern Pacific.

‘Alien-like’ creature resembling ET discovered in ancient area of Pacific seafloor

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of toothless characin from Brazil :

https://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v18n2/1982-0224-ni-18-02-e190135.pdf

- Discription of a new species of catfish from Brazil :

https://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v18n2/1982-0224-ni-18-02-e190137.pdf

- Discription of a new species of characin from Brazil :

https://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v18n2/1982-0224-ni-18-02-e190139.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

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

A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Peninsular Thailand that converges in morphology and color pattern on Pseudogekko smaragdinus (Taylor) from the Philippines | GRISMER | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new tube blenny from Venezuela and Colombia :

Acanthemblemaria aceroi , a new species of tube blenny from the Caribbean coast of South America with notes on Acanthemblemaria johnsoni (Teleostei: Chaenopsidae) | HASTINGS | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new genus and new species of Gecko from Iran :

http://amphibian-reptile-conservati...o_1/ARC_14_1_[General_Section]_55-62_e223.pdf

- Discription of a new species of lightbulb lizard from Peru :

http://amphibian-reptile-conservati...1/ARC_14_1_[General_Section]_140-146_e227.pdf

- Discription of a new species of Liolaemus-lizard from Peru :

http://amphibian-reptile-conservati...o_2/ARC_14_2_[General_Section]_47-63_e238.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

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

https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4816.3.5

- Discription of a new fish-species from Venezuela :

https://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v18n2/1982-0224-ni-18-02-e200002.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

- Possible new spider-species dicovered in South Africa :

New spider species discovered on Table Mountain National Park

 

[Yoshistar888]

- A prob. new snakehead fish from Sri Lanka :

Unexpected species diversity within Sri Lanka’s snakehead fishes of the Channa marulius group (Teleostei: Channidae) | SUDASINGHE | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new snake-eyed skink-species from Angola :

A review of the African snake-eyed skinks (Scincidae: Panaspis) from Angola, with the description of a new species | CERÍACO | Zootaxa

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A little more information of the splitting of the Bullseye snakehead into three species (Wet zone, dry zone and one other)

Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2020] Unexpected Species Diversity within Sri Lanka’s Snakehead Fishes of the Channa marulius Group (Teleostei: Channidae)

 

[Yoshistar888]

@vogelcommando I reckon use this website in addition to Zootaxa as this one usually shows pictures as well.

Species New to Science

 

[vogelcommando]

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

A new species of Leptobrachella (Anura: Megophryidae) Smith, 1925 from Wuling Mountains in Hunan Province, China | QIAN | Zootaxa

- Discription of a new fish-species from Venezuela :

https://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v18n2/1982-0224-ni-18-02-e190008.pdf

- Discription of a new catfish-species from Ecuador :

https://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v18n2/1982-0224-ni-18-02-e190008.pdf

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a supergiant isopod from Java :

Description of the supergiant isopod Bathynomus raksasa sp. nov. (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from southern Java, the first record of the genus from Indonesia

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new species of Hawaiian land snail :

Overlooked but not forgotten: the first new extant species of Hawaiian land snail described in 60 years, Auriculella gagneorum sp. nov. (Achatinellidae, Auriculellinae)

- Discription of 6 new Antpitta-species and 7 subspecies given species-status :

Taxonomic evaluation of the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex (Aves: Passeriformes: Grallariidae) distinguishes sixteen species | ISLER | Zootaxa



One of the previously subspecies of the Rufous antpitta, now given species-status

 

[vogelcommando]

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

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21564574.2020.1782483?journalCode=ther20

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new spiny eel from Indonesia :

A new, uniquely patterned spiny eel (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae) from southern Borneo, Kalimantan Tengah, Indonesia | NG | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new Betta figthing fish from Sabah :

Betta nuluhon , a new species of fighting fish from western Sabah, Malaysia (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) | KAMAL | Zootaxa

- 5 new ant-species discovered in Thailand and Borneo :

New ant species discovered

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of 5 new salamander-species from Mexico :

http://herp.mx/pubs/2020-Parra-Olea...9F6tOzwAuLH7Rsgui_SWH6a8iupH6e8R4Ge5DdaUxqgMY

- And another discription of another salamander-species from Mexico :

http://www.herp.mx/pubs/2020-Palaci...PHIlMmdOApOu-J13HVwNZeV47umTLHF2rrAQP1kvFyBjI

 

[Smaggledagle]

New species of sea sponge was discovered off the coast of British Columbia.

Scientists identify new species of sea sponge off coast of British Columbia

 

[vogelcommando]

- Discription of a new frog-species from Madagascar :

Resolving a taxonomic and nomenclatural puzzle in mantellid frogs: synonymization of Gephyromantis azzurrae with G. corvus, and description of Gephyromantis kintana sp. nov. from the Isalo Massif, western Madagascar

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of stingray from the Arabian Sea :

Hemitrygon yemenensis sp. nov., a new species of stingray (Myliobatoidea: Dasyatidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean | MOORE | Zootaxa

 

[vogelcommando]

- Abstract of the discription of a new genus and 2 new species of lizards from Colombia :

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772000.2020.1783714?journalCode=tsab20

 

[UngulateNerd92]

We discovered a new species, but war means it may now remain hidden forever.

The extraordinary story of a stingray, its discovery and its uncertain fate in the Yemen war.

We discovered a new species, but war means it may now remain hidden forever