WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN JULY 2025

NEW SPECIES - 

* AMOLOPS COPE ( Amphibia Anura: Ranidae) Has Been Discovered In Meghalaya 

* A New Cryptic Species Of Frog

* From East Khasi Hills, Shillong, Meghalaya 

* Pethia Dibrugarhensis, a New Species Of Barb Is Described From The Brahmaputra River, Dibrugarh, Assam.

* Barilius Imphalensis, a New Species Of danioid Is Described From The Imphal River, In Manipur 

* * New EEL Species Has Discovered By ICAR - National Bureau Of Fish Genetic Resources 

* Named - FACCIOLLEA SMITHI 

From Arabian Sea, Kerala Coast 

* Nettastomatidae Family 

* This Named After Dr David G Smith ( Ichthyologist) 

* Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Published The Study On AQUILARIA KHASIANA, a Critically Endangered AGARWOOD SPECIES, ( THYMELAEACEAE) 

* A NEW FLOWER SPECIES GARCINIA KUSUMAE ( BELONGS TO GENUS - GARCINIA) Popularly Called As THOIKORA IN ASSAMESE.

* THE FLOWER NAMED AFTER TO HONOUR KUSUM DEVI ( LATE MOTHER OF JAATINDRA SARMA, AUTHOR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF ASSAM'S STATE EXPERT APPRAISAL COMMITTEE) 

* IN INDIA 33 SPECIES AND 7 VARIETIES OF GARCINIA FOUND ( 12 in ASSAM) 

* MR SARMA BEFORE DISCOVERIES 

* AMOMUM PRATISTHANA ( After Her Daughter) 

* * A New Plant Species Belongs To GENUS - PINDA In The FAMILY - APIACEAE Has Been Discovered In Western Ghats 

* The Species Has Been Named PINDA MUKHERJEEANA In Honour Of Prasanta Kumar Mukherjee, An Eminent Botanist 

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A LICHEN SPECIES NAMED - ALLOGRAPHA EFFUSOSOREDICA In Western Ghats.

* LICHENS A FUNGUS THAT OFFERS STRUCTURE AND PROTECTION AND A PHOTOBIONT ( USUALLY A GREEN ALGAE OR CYANOBACTERIA) 

* WHICH IS CHARACTERISTICS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS ( WHICH ABSORBS SUNLIGHT AND MAKE FOOD) 

* IT IS COMPARABLE RARE CHEMICAL TRAITS ( MEANS HARBOURING CHEMICAL CALLED NORSTICTIC ACID SIMILAR TO GENUS ALLOGRAPHA) 

* THIS IS FIRST DISCOVERY OF ALLOGRAPHA IN INDIA 

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* OLYRA SANCTA, A NEW SPECIES OF ANGUILLIFORM CATFISH HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TISSA RIVER ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

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 * A New Butterfly Species ZOGRAPHETUS MATHEWI Discovered In Western Ghats.

( FAMILY - HESPERIIDAE ) 

* The NEW SPECIES HAS NAMED AFTER - GEORGE MATHEW ( Renowned Indian Entomologist And Former Head Of Entomology Division, Kerala Forest Research Institute) 

* A NEW SPECIES OF DAY GRECKO HAS BEEN DISCOVERED ON THE BANK OF BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER IN ASSAM.

* THE SPECIES NAMED - CNEMASPIS BRAHMAPUTRA 

* METSCHNIKOWIA RATANII f a .sp.nov 

(AN ASCOMYCETOUS YEAST SPECIES ISOLATED FROM FLOWERS OF LANTANA CAMARA IN INDIA ) 

* THIS NAMED IN HONOUR TO RATAN TATA 

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* ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) DISCOVERED 4 NEW SPECIES OF MICROSCOPIC PARASITICS WASPS IN WEST BENGAL. 

a) IDRIS FURVUS 

b) IDRIS BIANOR 

c) IDRIS LONGISCAPUS 

d) IDRIS HYLLUS 

* GENUS - IDRIS FORSTER ( HYMENOPTERA, SCELIONIDAE) 

* LED BY SENIOR SCIENTIST Dr K Rajmohana 

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* RESEARCHERS TEAM MADHURIMA DAS OF ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY, JAYADITYA PURKAYASTHA OF GUWAHATI BASED BIODIVERSITY ORGANISATION HELP EARTH AND MIZORAM UNIVERSITY & LAB HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FROG.

* GENUS - RAORCHESTES 

* TWO NEW FROGS NAMED AS - 

a) RAORCHESTES JADOH ( LANGTOR IN EASTERN WEST KHASI HILL DISTRICT) 

* JADOH, A POPULAR RICE AND MEAT DISH ( NAMED SPECIES AFTER) 

b) RAORCHESTES JAKOID ( FOUND IN EAST KHASI HILL DISTRICT AT LAWBAH) 

a,) PIC - RAORCHESTES JADOH 

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* THE TWO FROGS WITH UNIQUE CELL, MORPHOLOGY AND DNA STRUCTURE 

* * A NEW SPECIES OF FAIRY SHRIMPS GENUS STREPTOCEPHALUS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN NORTH WESTERN GHATS 

* A NEW SPECIES OF MILLIPEDE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN DAHIVADI, SATARA DISTRICT IN MAHARSHTRA.

* SPECIES NAME - XIPHIDIGONUS SINISPINUS 

RARE - 

* A Rare Caracal Spotted In Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh.

APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Dr G S Bharadwaj Has Been Appointed As The New Director Of Wildlife Institute Of India (WII).

ENVIRONMENT CA - 

* Kerala Has Been Ranked Best In The Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) 2020-2025 Of National Park, Conservation.

* State Wise Business Environment Ranking 2025-2029 

* 100 Years Old Elephant Named VASTALA Passed Away in Madhya Pradesh.

* An Eight Year old Cheetah Nabha Died In Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh.

* BRIC -NIPGR Has Developed The Highest GLUCORAPHANIN Producing BRASSICA CROP By Gene Editing 

* The Tamilnadu Government Has Announced The Establishment Of India's First Centre Of Excellence For Hornbill Conservation At Anamalai TIGER Reserve.

*  Zimbabwe Host The Ramsar COP15. 

* Nyandungu EO Park Of Rwanda Received 3 Global Awards at COP15 Ramsar ( HOST - Zimbabwe) 

* STAR WETLAND Centre 

* Centre For People 

* Award For Biodiversity 

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