Newly Discovered/Described Species 2024

- Discription of a new Frog-species from China :

The fourth species of Leptobrachella (Anura, Megophryidae) found at Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China

 

- Discription of a new species of Redbait ( fish ) from the Philippines :

New species of redbait from the Philippines (Teleostei, Emmelichthyidae, Emmelichthys)

 

- Discription of a new species of Himalayan shrew from Tibet :

A new species of the genus Soriculus (Soricidae, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia) from Medog in the eastern Himalaya

 

- Discription of a new species of Lava lizard from the Galapagos Islands :

View of <strong>A new species of lava lizard (Iguanidae: Tropidurinae: <em>Microlophus</em>) from the Galápagos</strong>

- Abstract of the discription of a new Skink-species from Vietnam :

A new skink of the genus Scincella Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Hoa Binh Province, northern Vietnam | Zootaxa

 

- Discription of 2 new Gecko-species from India :

Two new species of the Cnemaspis galaxia complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the eastern slopes of the southern Western Ghats

 

- Discription of a new Oreo spider-species from Vietnam :

https://www.researchgate.net/public...cvMcoajAK1GrHxv5_ry-jcCVRgyC36kp2gkOd4rP6wX_e

 

More frog news from Australia.

Researchers from the Australian Museum have described two new Pobblebonk (Banjo Frog) species in the genus Limnodynastes. The first is a split from L.terraereginae, populations in Cape York retain their scientific name but have a new common name, (Superb Banjo Frog). Populations south of Cape York along much of Australia’s east coast retain the common name (Scarlet-sided Banjo Frog), and now have the new scientific name L.grayi.

Additionally a second new species was described now known as L.supercilaris (Coastal Banjo Frog), this was considered a subspecies of the Eastern Banjo Frog under the name L.dumerilii grayi but research has shown that it is closer related to L.terraereginae and L.grayi

https://australian.museum/blog/amri-news/banjo-frogs-diversity/

 

- Discription of a new Newt-species from Portugal :

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

 

New Horned frog from China :

New horned toad species found in south China

 

- Discription of a new species of Short-legged toad from China :

Morphological and Molecular Data Revealed One New Species of the Short-legged Toads <italic>Brachytarsophrys</italic> Tian and Hu, 1983 (Anura, Megophryidae) from Yunnan, China

 

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

https://www.ni.bio.br/content/v22n1/1982-0224-2023-0112/1982-0224-ni-22-01-e230112.pdf

 

- Discription of a new species of Stingray from the Indian Ocean :

The Indo-Pacific Stingray Genus Brevitrygon (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae): Clarification of Historical Names and Description of a New Species, B. manjajiae sp. nov., from the Western Indian Ocean

 

- Discription of a new Toad-headed agama-species from Xinjiang - China :

Species divergence in valleys: the phylogeny of Phrynocephalus forsythii complex and description of a new species

 

- Discription of a new Boa-specie from Brazil :

The good, the bad and the boa: An unexpected new species of a true boa revealed by morphological and molecular evidence

 

- Abstract of the discription of 7 new genera and 41 new species of Stick-insects from Latin America :

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5444.1.1

 

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new Gecko-species from India :

Two new nocturnal species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the wynadensis clade from the southern Western Ghats, India | Zootaxa

 

New family and new species of Deepsea sharks from the Indo Pacific :

New species of shark discovered off New Zealand

 

- Abstract of the discription of 2 new Stick-insect-species from China :

https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5446.4.5

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new Gecko-species from Vietnam :

Another new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Binh Dinh Province, south-central Vietnam | Zootaxa