Category: New Species

Gecko Species Of the <em>Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus</em> Group Discovered

Gecko Species Of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus Group Discovered

The species name, Cyrtodactylus thalang comes from the ancient name of Phuket Island, with Thalang meaning "cape." [...]
Ancient Frog Species Named After Kermit the Frog

Ancient Frog Species Named After Kermit the Frog

“Because this animal is a distant relative of today’s amphibians, and Kermit is a modern-day amphibian icon, it was the perfect name for it.” [...]
Extinct Big-headed Turtle Species Named After Stephen King Character Maturin

Extinct Big-headed Turtle Species Named After Stephen King Character Maturin

The remains of the fossil, which consisted part of its lower jaw, were found by gold miners at the “Taquaras” quarry in Porto Velho, Brazil. [...]
New Mud Snake Species Discovered In Vietnam

New Mud Snake Species Discovered In Vietnam

The researchers recommend the snake be called the Dak Krong mud snake, with the Vietnamese name is recommended to be “Rắn bồng đắk krông." [...]
Dwarf Gecko of the Genus Pseudogonatodes Discovered in South America

Dwarf Gecko of the Genus Pseudogonatodes Discovered in South America

The gecko lives in montane semideciduous forests in two localities in the Venezuelan Andes [...]
New Odorous Frog Species Discovered in China

New Odorous Frog Species Discovered in China

The proposed English name of the frog is the Leishan Odorous frog Odorrana leishanensis sp. nov [...]
New Green Anaconda Species Discovered

New Green Anaconda Species Discovered

Based on genetic data from four recognized anaconda species, the Northern green anaconda is a separate species from the Southern green anaconda. [...]
5 Beautiful Venomous Eyelash Pit Viper Snakes Of The Bothriechis Genus Described

5 Beautiful Venomous Eyelash Pit Viper Snakes Of The Bothriechis Genus Described

The researchers include Alejandro Arteaga, R. Alexander Pyron, Abel Batista, Jose Vieira, Elson Meneses Pelayo, Eric N. Smith, César L. Barrio Amorós, [...]
Researchers Discover New Kangaroo Lizard Species In India’s Western Ghats

Researchers Discover New Kangaroo Lizard Species In India’s Western Ghats

Agasthyagama edge is named after the Zoological Society of London’s EDGE of Existence Program. [...]
Wood Lizard Species Named After Heavy Metal Band Iron Maiden’s Lead Singer

Wood Lizard Species Named After Heavy Metal Band Iron Maiden’s Lead Singer

The lizards were found in the Cordillera de Colán mountain range and the Río Marañón and Río Chiriaco basins in Peru. [...]
New Venomous Snake Species Of The Bungarus Genus Discovered In Thailand

New Venomous Snake Species Of The Bungarus Genus Discovered In Thailand

The elapid snake was discovered in Ratchaburi Province in western Thailand. It hails from the Tenasserim Mountain Range. [...]
New Snail-eating Snake Of The Pareas Genus Discovered In China

New Snail-eating Snake Of The Pareas Genus Discovered In China

The snakes in the study were found ion the Guanyinshan Provincial Nature Reserve in Yuanyang County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. [...]
New Fanged Frog Species Discovered in Indonesia

New Fanged Frog Species Discovered in Indonesia

The frog, Limnonectes phyllofolia sp. nov. has a unique reproductive strategy in which the male of the species guards the egg clutches. [...]
New Coffee Snake Species Discovered In Ecuador

New Coffee Snake Species Discovered In Ecuador

The snake is often found in coffee plantations in areas in which its original habitat, cloud forests, have been removed and replaced by the plantation [...]
New Agamid Species Discovered in Southern China, Northern Vietnam

New Agamid Species Discovered in Southern China, Northern Vietnam

The researchers conducted more than 13 years of fieldwork (2009 to 2022) on the specimen around Yunnan Province,Guangdong Province, Fujian Province, [...]
New Species of Venomous Pit Viper Discovered In Myanmar

New Species of Venomous Pit Viper Discovered In Myanmar

Trimeresurus ayeyarwadyensis was found to occur in the Yangon region's Hlawga Park and Pyapon and Myaungmya districts of Myanmar. [...]
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