Newly Discovered/Described Species 2024

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Hopefully 2024 will again be a fruitfull year for new discoveries and new discriptions. To start this years thread the discription of a new species of Abronia-lizard from Mexico :

Bridging the gap: A new species of arboreal Abronia (Squamata: Anguidae) from the Northern Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico

 

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- Discription of a new Snake-species from China :

A new species of the genus Achalinus (Squamata, Xenodermatidae) from southwest Hunan Province, China

 

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- Discription of a new species of Torrent frog from China :

A new species of Amolops (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from Guizhou Province, China

 

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- Discription of 3 new Frog-species from Madagascar :

https://www.researchgate.net/public...Xb0ahIWJUT7p4bkm1l0PqEgy2SIg0998r6bU9E_Hvtw8M

 

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- Discription of 4 new species of Snake-headed fishes from Myanmar :

https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/RBZ-2024-0001.pdf

 

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2 new Lamprey-species from California ? :

New species of lamprey fish documented in California

 

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- Discription of a new Snake-species from Brazil :

Revision of the Chironius bicarinatus complex (Serpentes: Colubridae): Redefined species boundaries and description of a new species

 

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- Discription of a new genus and 5 new species of Skinks from India :

A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: Systematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species

 

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A new Turkish trout: Salmo brunoi

• Turan, D., Bayçelebi, E., Aksu, S. & Oral, M. (2024): The trouts of the Marmara and Aegean Sea drainages in Türkiye, with the description of a new species (Teleostei, Salmonidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution, 100 (1): 87-99.

 

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- Discription of a new Frog-species from China :

A new species of Odorrana Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990 (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae) from central Guangxi, China with a discussion of the taxonomy of Odorrana (Bamburana)

 

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- Abstract of the discription of a new Loach-species from the Tigris drainage :

Turcinoemacheilus inexpectatus , a new nemacheilid loach from the Tigris drainage (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new Cichlid-species from Lake Malawi :

Description of a rock-dwelling cichlid that re-invaded the sand substrate in Lake Malaŵi, Africa | Zootaxa

- Discription of 3 new genera and 13 new species of Sac spiders from Southern Africa :

View of <strong>Three new genera of arboreal dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae: Trachelidae)</strong>

 

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- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Burrowing frog from India :

Discovery and description of a new species of burrowing frog Sphaerotheca Günther, 1859 (Anura: Dicroglossidae) from the suburban landscapes of Bengaluru, India | Zootaxa

 

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- Discription of a new Tree frog-species from Australia :

View of <strong>Systematic assessment of the brown tree frog (Anura: Pelodryadidae: <em>Litoria ewingii</em>) reveals two endemic species in South Australia</strong>

 

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- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Dibamid lizard from Vietnam :

Another new species of Dibamus Duméril & Bibron, 1839 (Squamata: Dibamidae) from Nui Chua National Park, Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam | Zootaxa

 

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Revision of the eyelash pit viper into 9 species, including 5 newly described and 3 re-elevated species:
Systematic revision of the Eyelash Palm-Pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii (Serpentes, Viperidae), with the description of five new species and revalidation of three

 

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- Discription of a new Bush-cricket from Greece :

Eupholidoptera kekrops sp. nov. (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae), new bush-cricket from Greece

 

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- Discription of a new species of Krait from Thailand :

A new species of krait of the genus Bungarus (Squamata, Elapidae) from Ratchaburi Province, western Thailand

- Discription of 2 new species of Congrid eels from India :

Two new species of the congrid eel genus Ariosoma (Anguilliformes, Congridae, Bathymyrinae) from Indian waters

 

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New Jellyfish from Japan :

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-rel...dh6rpllZDaklX95CLfGuJuVNGwrYjYfrWFDF0Oq78wCbo

and the complete discription :

View of <strong>A new subfamily of ulmarid scyphomedusae, the Santjordiinae, with a description of <em>Santjordia pagesi</em> gen. et sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Discomedusae: Semaeostomeae: Ulmaridae) from the Sumisu Caldera, Ogasawara Islands, Japan</strong>

 

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- Discription of a new species of Corydoras-catfish from Brazil :

A new long-snouted <i>Corydoras</i> (Siluriformes: Callichthyidae) from the rio Xingu and rio Tapajós basins, Brazilian Amazon

- Discription of 2 new Skink-species from New Guinea :

Gold in the mountains: Striking new species of Papuascincus (Sphenomorphini: Scincidae) from New Guinea

 

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New species of Tuft-tailed rat from Madagascar :

Researchers identify new species of tuft-tailed rat in Madagascar

and the complete discription :

https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com...40e5b51555557525252&rr=855722369d7966a9&cc=nl