Tag: new species
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.” [...]
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
The gecko lives in montane semideciduous forests in two localities in the Venezuelan Andes [...]
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
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
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
The lizards were found in the Cordillera de Colán mountain range and the Río Marañón and Río Chiriaco basins in Peru. [...]
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 Asian Coral Snake Species Discovered In India
The researchers examined 36 adult specimens from Mizoram, India and Bangladesh and determined Sinomicrurus gorei is genetically and morphologically di [...]
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
Trimeresurus ayeyarwadyensis was found to occur in the Yangon region's Hlawga Park and Pyapon and Myaungmya districts of Myanmar. [...]
New Sahyadriophis Genus Created For New Snake Species
Sahyadriophis uttaraghati is brown to dark gray in coloration with black and white markings that are randomly found toward the posterior of the body. [...]
Paikwaophis kruki, A New Snake Species From Guyana Described
The researchers say the snake lives in a fairly dense forest environment with small to medium trees and occasional large trees. [...]
New Snake Species Discovered In Peru named After Harrison Ford
An unusual snake character that Tachymenoides harrisonfordi sp. n. displays, are the three longitudinal skin folds on the posterior dorsal/dorsolater [...]
New Spiny-backed Treefrog Species Discovered In Peru
Osteocephalus vasquezi features dark irises and tuberculate dorsal skin, which is brown in coloration. [...]
New Species of Crocodile Newt Discovered in Vietnam
A new species of crocodile newt has been discovered in the central highlands of Vietnam. The amphibian, Tylototriton ngoclinhensis was discovered in t [...]
New Stefania Genus Frog Species Described
This particular frog carries its eggs on the back, and once hatched, the froglets remain on the back for a period of time. [...]
Researchers Discover Australian Barred Frog Species In New South Wales
Mixophyes australis is closely related to Mixophyes balbus, the Stuttering Frog [...]
New Treefrog Species Of the Genus Scinax Discovered In Peru
The frog, Scinax pyroinguinis sp. nov. was described from two males that were found in the Amazon rainforest. [...]
New Southern Levant Rat Snake Species of the genus Elaphe Described
Because there are no names for the rat snake population from the Levant, the scientists suggest Elaphe druzei, dedicated to the Druze. [...]
New Leaf-tailed Gecko Species Discovered in Australia
Researcher Conrad J. Hoskin of Australia's James Cook University has discovered a new leaf-tailed gecko species on Scawfell island in Queensland, Aust [...]
Hyloscirtus tolkieni, A New Stream Frog Species Named After J.R.R. Tolkien
A new species of stream frog from the Ecuadorian Andes has been named after J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The fr [...]
Leonardo DiCaprio Names New Snake Species After His Mother
Researchers have discovered five arboreal snake species in the jungles of South America and Leonardo DiCaprio and Brian Sheth of Nature and Culture In [...]
Dwarf Boa New To Science Discovered In Ecuador’s Upper Amazon Basin
Researchers have discovered and described a new species of dwarf boa of the family Tropidophiidae living high in the cloud forests of northeastern Ecu [...]
