Category: New Species

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World’s Largest Worm Lizard That Resembles Sandworm from Dune Discovered In Tunisia

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

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?

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 [...]
Brachycephalus Toadlet That Can Fit On Your Fingertip Discovered In Atlantic Forest

Brachycephalus Toadlet That Can Fit On Your Fingertip Discovered In Atlantic Forest

The toad, Brachycephalus dacnis, is named in honor of the Projeto Dacnis private reserve that started supporting biodiversity research in 2010. [...]
New Colubrid Snake Species Named After Leonardo DiCaprio

New Colubrid Snake Species Named After Leonardo DiCaprio

Anguiculus dicaprioi was collected from mud roads. They were observed basking and stayed motionless until they were captured. [...]
New Species Name For Malayan Banded Wolf Snake

New Species Name For Malayan Banded Wolf Snake

The newly named species, Lycodon neomaculatus sp. nov can be found throughout southern China as well as into Cambodia, eastern Myanmar (formerly Burma [...]
New Amphisbaena Lizard Species From Brazil Described

New Amphisbaena Lizard Species From Brazil Described

Amphisbaena amethysta appears to be endemic to the Espinhaço Mountain Range, and specifically the northern portion of the mountains. [...]
Two New Diplodactylus Family Gecko Species Discovered In Australia

Two New Diplodactylus Family Gecko Species Discovered In Australia

They are a medium sized lizard reaching up to 56mm in length, have a robust build and a short and thick tail which is 44 to 60 percent of the snout t [...]
New Erythrolamprus Snake Species Discovered In Ecuador

New Erythrolamprus Snake Species Discovered In Ecuador

The snake, Erythrolamprus darwinnunezi sp. nov. was found on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains of Ecuador in the Tropical Andes. [...]
New Pitviper Species Discovered in China

New Pitviper Species Discovered in China

The snake, Ovophis jenkinsi, is named after herpetologist Robert "Hank" William Garfield Jenkins who died in 2023. [...]
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 [...]
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