A new species of crocodile newt, Tylototriton guilinensis, has been identified in the Guilin region of Guangxi, China.
This amphibian possesses a square-shaped snout and distinct orange markings!
Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.184792
A new blind coluga species, Typhlomys zhengkuni, has been described from Fanjing Mountain in Guizhou Province, China, based on molecular and morphological evidence: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
A new species of Chinese giant salamander - the world's largest amphibians - has been discovered in Anhui Province, China.
See all the details on how it was described here: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#giantsalamander #newspecies
๐ชธ Three new deep-sea coral species have been described from Indian Ocean ridges - a region historically under-surveyed compared to the Atlantic and Pacific.
See the detailed descriptions of ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐บ๐ด๐ฐ๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ข ๐ฑ๐ถ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ข ๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข and ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ข ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข here: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
๐ธ๐ธ๏ธScientists have discovered a new species of wall-dwelling #spider, ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ข ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ข, named after
#PinkFloyd, which lives in urban areas in Colombia.
Full @pensoft.net blog post โคต๏ธ blog.pensoft.net/2026/04/14/m...
Research article โคต๏ธ
doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#arachnid #taxonomy #newspecies
Meet Goniurosaurus wuzhengjuni - a newly described gecko species from Guilin, China! ๐ฆ
See its full description here: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
๐ฆ๐ณ๏ธ Scientists have discovered a brand new species of freshwater shrimp living deep inside a karst cave in Guizhou Province, China. Meet Caridina zhaoi: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
Schistura jarutanini, a loach once thought to be cave-dwelling, is actually a surface species only rarely found in caves. New collections from Thailand clarify its description, distribution, and relationships: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#ichthyology
Two new creepy-crawlies, uuh, we mean #centipede species, ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ด and ๐. ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ด๐ถ๐ด, have been described from Romania using morphological and molecular data.
Read more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#entomology #newspecies
๐ฆA new gecko species, ๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ฉ๐ช, has been described from rocky coastal habitats across islands in Nagasaki and Kagoshima Prefectures, Japan.
Identified via #morphology and #genetics, it brings the subgenus Japonigekko to 40 species, seven of which occur in Japan: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
Two new #skink species - ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ซ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ถ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด and ๐. ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด - have been described from southwestern Sichuan, China, bringing the country's Scincella count to 19.
Both were identified using #morphological and #genetic #data: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
#herpetology #newspecies
๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด is a newly described cave-dwelling fish species from Guizhou Province, China.
Check out the full study details here: doi.org/10.3897/zse....
New research has re-discovered a beautiful species of coral snake called Sinomicrurus wongii.
Scientists found that these snakes are genetically distinct and can be identified by their specific scale patterns and narrow black bands. ๐๐งฌ
Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.188068
A new worm-like mollusc has been described from Louisiana, characterised by a slender, light-yellow body and scaly appearance.
This study sheds light on the trophic ecology of these molluscs, as well as the continued discovery of biodiversity in deep-sea ecosystems: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.172590
๐ Researchers have established a new genus, Renomaera, for a unique crustacean species discovered on seamounts near the Mariana Trench.
Check out the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.171557
#newspecies #newgenus
๐ New research has uncovered a hidden species of mantis shrimp in the South China Sea.
๐ฆ This discovery shows that these colorful reef dwellers are far more varied than once believed, requiring a total update of their scientific records.
โก๏ธ Check out the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.172564
๐ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ข ๐น๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐บ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ด is a newly identified species of subterranean fish found in the Nanpanjiang River Basin.
๐ It is distinguished by its completely scaleless body and exceptionally long sensory barbels that help it navigate its underground home.
๐ Read more: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.176660
๐ New Species Alert! Scientists have discovered a marine worm in Qingdao, China, named Nicolea qingdaoensis, distinguished by its unique eyespots and number of breathing branchiae.
๐งฌRead the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.182152
A new species of forest skink, Sphenomorphus lingnanensis, has been discovered in South Chinaโs Guangdong Province. This find marks the ninth recognised species of its genus in China! ๐ฆ๐
Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.183764
Researchers have clarified the taxonomy of the rare snake Achalinus jinggangensis while discovering a new species, Achalinus mirabilis, from Zhejiang Province, China.
Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.183453
A new species of fish parasite - Gorgorhynchus fistularius - has been discovered, with its entire mitochondrial genome successfully mapped.
Read the full study: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.184032
๐ฆ ZoologyCon 2026 is coming to Bucharest!
Join us 4-7 Nov 2026 for an international congress hosted by Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History.
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๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ:
๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ซ: Reg/Abstracts open
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง: Abstract deadline
๐๐ ๐๐๐ญ: Reg deadline
๐๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ: travaux.pensoft.net/journal_news...
Meet ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ช, the 58th species of its genus discovered in Sichuanโs Giant Panda National Park.
Even in one of the world's most studied #biodiversity hotspots, scientists are still ๐ scaling ๐ new heights of discovery.
Read all about this emerald beauty: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.178601
Image caption: Histopathological analysis of the palate of ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฐ infected with ๐๐บ๐น๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด.
Something fishy is going on in the Xiangjiang River... ๐ฃ
Researchers have identified a new species of parasite, ๐๐บ๐น๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด, infecting the mouths of yellow catfish.
Learn more about it here: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.182245
๐ A new species of green pit viper of the genus ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด is described from Yunnan Province, China.
Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.173390
๐ฅ Drum roll...๐ฅ
Meet ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ช ๐
Named by the community after 1,000s of suggestions, the "chiton of the people" is officially described in the latest article published in BDJ!
๐ Shout out to everyone who participated, @zefrank.bsky.social, @oceanspecies.bsky.social & @sgn.one!
Two millipede groups in Western China are finally getting their family tree sorted out. ๐
In this study, the genus Mandarinopus is formally proposed as a junior synonym of Kronopolites: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.180695
A new tiny resident has been added to the forests of central-southern China: the Xinshao Leaf-litter Toad. ๐ธ
Read the full article here: doi.org/10.3897/zse.102.175462
#frog #newspecies
