Category: New Species
New Forest Gecko Species From The Philippines Described
Luperosaurus alvarezi is currently known to exist only in a protected forest area that surrounds Mt. Guiting-Guiting National Park, in central Sibuyan [...]
New Species of Asian Grass Lizard From India Described
Takydromus ultapaniensis is brown in coloration with three stripes that run down the back to the tail. its ventral side is a yellowish in coloration, [...]
New Odd-Scaled Snake Species From The Achalinus Genus Described
Achalinus mirabilis was discovered in Taizhou City in Zhejiang Province, China. The city is highly urbanized in an economically developed region. [...]
New Forest Skink Species Discovered In Thailand
The suggested common name for the species is Khorat Plateau forest skink. It is currently only known to occur in Thailand's Phu Wiang Mountain, Tham G [...]
New Species Of Cyrtodactylus intermedius Discovered In Cambodia
It is the sister species of C. septimontium, which hails from southern Vietnam, according to the synopsis announcing the new species. [...]
3 Varanus Rock Monitor Lizard Species Discovered in Australia
The three monitors, Varanus phosphoros sp. nov., Varanus iridis sp. nov., and Varanus umbra sp. nov. were discovered in northeastern Australia. [...]
New Species of Calamaria Snake From India Described
The burrowing snake species was found in montane evergreen forests in the state and adds to the number of herpetological findings in the area [...]
New Species Of Uropeltid Snake Of The Genus Rhinophis Described
The snake was found in the Siruvani Hills in the Central and Western Ghats mountains of India. It is in the family Uropeltidae. [...]
New Diploderma Lizard Species Discovered In The Hengduan Mountains of China
The lizard, Diploderma bifluviale sp. nov. is currently known to exist in semi-arid scrublands in the region's warm and dry valleys at elevations of [...]
New Wolf Snake Species Named After Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin
The snake is glossy black in coloration and can grow up to one meter in length, the researchers noted. [...]
37 Million-Year-Old Snake Species Discovered In England Described
The snake, Paradoxophidion richardoweni was first discovered at Hordle Cliff on the South Coast of England. [...]
New Gecko Species Covered In Tubercles Discovered In India
While Hemidactylus quartziticolus is its scientific name, it is suggested that its common names be Quartzite brookiish gecko or Thoothukudi brookiish [...]
Oldest North American Pterosaur Discovered In Arizona
The winged reptile, Eotephradactylus mcintireae lived at the same time as dinosaurs and were the first vertebrates to fly. [...]
New Tegu Species Discovered In the United States
Wautaugategu formidus lived during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum, between 17.5 to 14.5 million years ago. [...]
New Frog Species Of the Genus Leptobrachium Discovered In India
Leptobrachium aryatium sp. nov. is different from others in its genus in that it has a bicolored iris that features an inverted, "fiery orange" v shap [...]
Three New Bent-toed Gecko Species Discovered In Nepal
The geckos were discovered by a university team on a night survey in the Chitwan-Annapurna Landscape in Central Nepal, a mountain area in Nepal when t [...]
Treefrog Species From Ecuador Discovered and Described
The frog is named after David C. Cannatella, Dean of the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. Cannatella collected [...]
New Leaf-Toed Gecko Species Described
The Dixonius genus is a genus of Asian geckos called the leaf-toed geckos. [...]
New Colubrid Parrot Snake Species From Brazil Described
Leptophis mystacinus sp. nov was collected in Brazil. The researchers compared the new species with 1,625 specimens of Leptophis spp. using extracted [...]
Two African House Snakes New To Science Described
The Broadley’s African house snake (Boaedon broadleyi sp. nov.) is known to exist in four localities in Africa. Boaedon subniger can be found in North [...]
Three New Oman Cliff Racer Species Described
The cliff racers had been studied in the late 1800s and into the mid-1900s, but have not been studied as of late and have not benefited from state of [...]
World’s Largest Worm Lizard That Resembles Sandworm from Dune Discovered In Tunisia
"Visually, you can imagine the animal as a ‘sandworm’ from the ‘Dune’ science fiction novels and their movie adaptation." [...]
New Gecko Species Of The Genus Pseudogonatodes Discovered In Venezuela
While specimens were collected in 2002 and 2014 in evergreen forests of the country’s Paria Peninsula in northeastern Venezuela, it wasn’t until Octob [...]
Is the Dixon’s Whiptail Lizard a Full Species or Subspecies of Common Checkered Whiptail?
Biologists at the university will sample the DNA of both lizards and if they are proven to be different genetically, the Dixon’s whiptail might be eli [...]
