Newly discovered / described species 2019

A new catfish-species - Mystus prabini - found in India :

Scientists discover a new small catfish in northeast

 

- Discription of a new species of Grass lizard from China :

A new species of the genus Takydromus (Squamata, Lacertidae) from southwestern Guangdong, China

 

17 new water beetles discovered in Brazil/Guyana

New water-beetle species show biodiversity still undiscovered in at-risk South American habitats | Science Codex

 

Modern medicine advances again!
New species of Leech found in Maryland, USA
First new species of North American medicinal leech in 40 years discovered

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new montane Pitviper from Peru and Bolivia :

A new species of pitviper of the genus Bothrops (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) from the Central Andes of South America | TIMMS | Zootaxa

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

Two more new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India | KHANDEKAR | Zootaxa



- And another abstract of another Cnemaspis-species-discription, also from the Western Ghats in India :

Description of a cryptic new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of Kerala State of India | SAYYED | Zootaxa

 

New Antarctic fish
Gross New Species of Fish Found in Antarctica

 

2 new fishes from India
New species of freshwater fish found

 

2 yr old already discovered more species (well one bug) than all of us
2-Year-Old Discovers New Species of Bug While Gardening With Mom

 

DNA discovers 12 new horseshoe bats in E. Africa
Scientists discover previously unknown species of horseshoe bats

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new frog-species from Ecuador :

A new species of terrestrial-breeding frog of the genus Pristimantis (Anura: Terrarana: Craugastoridae) from the eastern Andean slopes of the southern Ecuador | VALENCIA | Zootaxa

 

New fire worm discovered in Hong Kong
Biologist issues Hong Kong reclamation warning after fireworm discovery

You may take a bow if you have ever heard of fire worms

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of Tilefish from Vietnam. The species was discovered on a local fish market :

Branchiostegus biendong , a New Tilefish from Vietnam (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae) | HIRAMATSU | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new Morey eel-species from India :

A new short brown unpatterned moray eel Gymnothorax andamanensis (Muraenidae: Muraeninae) from Andaman waters, India | MOHAPATRA | Zootaxa

- Discription of 2 new Rock gecko-species from Myanmar :

The discovery of Rock Geckos Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in the Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar with the description of two new species | LEE | Zootaxa

 

- Discription of a new species of freshwater crab from China :

A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Mediapotamon Türkay & Dai, 1997 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Guizhou, China

 

Myanmar flexes its mussels. 4 new species and 4 new subspecies discovered
New freshwater species discovered in Myanmar

 

2 new species of eel from India. Well one, Vogelcommando already reported on one
Two new eel species discovered

 

New beaked whale from Japan
Black whales in Hokkaido known as ‘crows’ found to be new species：The Asahi Shimbun

 

- Abstract of the discription of a new species of freshwater prawn from Thailand :

Macrobrachium chainatense sp. nov. (Decapoda: Palaemonidae): a freshwater prawn from Thailand based on morphology and molecular phylogeny | SAENGPHAN | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a new catfish-species from the Guiana Shield - South America :

A new species of Cetopsis from the Guiana Shield (Siluriformes: Cetopsidae: Cetopsinae) | ABRAHÃO | Zootaxa

- Abstract of the discription of a colorfull hinge-beak shrimp from the Atlantic :

Cinetorhynchus gabonensis , a new species of hinge-beak shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Rhynchocinetidae) from the eastern Atlantic | ĎURIŠ | Zootaxa

 

New species of giant flying squirrel discovered in China
New species of giant flying squirrel brings hope to one of the world’s ‘most wanted’

 

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

A new species and first record of the cicada genus Sinotympana Lee, 2009 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Dundubiini) from Vietnam | PHAM | Zootaxa



- Discription of a new beetle-species from the Cook islands :

A new species of Proterhinus Sharp, 1878 (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Belidae) from Miti‘aro, Cook Islands, South Pacific | BROWN | Zootaxa