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21 Apr 2019
Two #newspecies of #lizards from the eastern #Caribbean! Bachia whitei (pictured) and B. beebei both have reduced-limbs, and they help bring the total number of described species in their genus to 31. Find out more here: link.springer.com/article/10…
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20 Apr 2019
Meet Atractaspis branchi: a #newspecies of "stiletto #snake" from #Liberia and #Guinea in #Westafrica. Find out more here: zse.pensoft.net/article/3148…
#discovery #nature #biodiversity #reptiles #taxonomy #science
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20 Mar 2019
Let's celebrate 10,940 #reptile species as of today on #taxonomistappreciationday, with more than 50 new species and genera since our last release @ReptileDatabase. See reptile-database.org/db-info… for updates.
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19 Apr 2019
To start off the #EasterWeekend, and as a reminder that birds are not the only egg-layers around, here are 3 new species of #Gecko from the #Bangalore region of #India! Find out about Hemiphyllodactylus jnana, H. arakuensis (pictured) & H. kolliensis here: link.springer.com/article/10…
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13 Mar 2019
Exciting news - a whole new #genus of liards from #Peru was just described! Dendrosauridion yanesha is an arboreal reptile and is the first of its genus to be described. Read all about it at Salamandra journal: salamandra-journal.com/index…
#science #taxonomy #discovery #southamerica
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13 Mar 2019
Here's a #newspecies of "worm-#lizard" (#amphisbaenidae) from north-east #Brazil! Read all about Amphisbaena caetitensis here: researchgate.net/publication…
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12 Mar 2019
New lizard from #Argentina! The description of Contomastix celata comes about due to a taxonomic re-evaluation of Argentinian populations of what was thought to be C. lacertoides. Read more here: thebhs.org/publications/the-…
#southamerica #discovery #science #wildlife #reptiles
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12 Mar 2019
Here's a beautiful #newspecies of snake-eyed #skink from #Namibia! The discovery of Panaspis namibiana underscores the growing evidence that northern Namibia is a hotspot of reptile diversity. Read more at Zootaxa journal: biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/…
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11 Mar 2019
Check out this splendid #newspecies of leaf-tailed #gecko from #Madagascar! Uroplatus finaritra is from Marojejy National Park in northern Madagascar and is described over at Zootaxa journal: biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/…
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10 Mar 2019
A #newspecies of #snake from central #Brazil! Apostolepis adhara is from the state of Tocantins, and is described using morphological data. Read more over at Zootaxa journal: dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.…
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19 Feb 2019
Good news gecko fans - Six (yes 6!) #new species of #gecko! Cyrtodactylus guwahatiensis, C. kazirangaensis, C. septentrionalis, C. jaintiaensis, C. montanus (pictured) and C. nagalandensis are from northeast #India and are described in full detail here: biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/…
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17 Feb 2019
New croc on the block! Mecistops leptorhynchus is a revalidated species of slender-snouted #crocodile found in central #Africa. Read all about this #taxonomic revision over at Zootaxa Journal: biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/…
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17 Feb 2019
@Omarginal3 Thanks for spotting the error on the original post!
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5 Feb 2019
The discovery of one #snake in the stomach of another has lead to the description of both a #newspecies and a new genus! To date, this unfortunate meal is the only known specimen of Cenaspis aenigma (latin for "mysterious dinner snake)! More info here: bioone.org/journals/Journal-…
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3 Feb 2019
A double-bill from the Mandalay Region of #Myanmar! Cyrtodactylus aunglini (pictured) and C. myaleiktaung are two #newspecies of karst- associated #gecko recently described in Zootaxa journal: biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/…
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1 Feb 2019
Here's a lovely #newspecies of #lizard from the fascinating #páramo ecoysytem in #Colombia. Read all about Pholidobolus paramuno over at the #SouthAmerican Journal of Herpetology: bioone.org/journals/South-Am…
#discover #biodiversity #herpetology #taxonomy #science
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27 Jan 2019
Time for a #newpecies of #snake! Here is Erythrolamprus pseudoreginae from the Caribbean island of Tobago. This #species, previously thought be E. reginae, has a tiny range & may be considered a #threatened species once assessed. More @ZooKeys_Journal : zookeys.pensoft.net/article/…
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26 Jan 2019
It's comforting to know that there's still enough wild #nature out there to hide a #dragon! Meet Japalura drukdaypo - a #newspecies of #Mountain Dragon from the #Tibet Autonomous Region in #China. Find out more here: biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/…
#discovery #taxonomy #zoology
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25 Jan 2019
Kicking off 2019 with a super-cool #newspecies of #lizard! Meet Enyalius capetinga, a recently described #species from #Brazil that happens to be highly polymorphic. Find out more here: hljournals.org/doi/10.1655/H… and stay tuned for many more exciting new species!
#science #nature
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2 Dec 2018
#Newspecies of #Skink from #Vietnam! This #lizard is named Sphenomorphus yersini, after Alexandre Yersin - the bacteriologist who discovered the pathogen behind the bubonic plague (he had a research station on the mountain where they're found). More here: dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.…
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