WILDLIFE & ENVRONMENT CA IN AUGUST 2025

* A NEW SPECIES OF SNAKE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN MIZORAM.

* NAMED SMITHOPHIS LAPTOFASCIATUS 

* DISCOVERED BY ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY.

* GENUS - SMITHOPHIS (RAIN SNAKE SO CALLED BCOZ IT OCCURS IN RAINY SEASON) 

* THIS IS THE THIRD SMITHOPHIS SPECIES DISCOVERED 

BEFORE - 

* SMITHOPHIS ATEMPORALIS 

* SMITHOPHIS MIZORAMENSIS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FREE LIVING MARINE NEMATODE ROUND WORMS IN CHILIKA, ODISHA.

* SPECIES - GENUS - ADMINDARUS 

* SPECIES NAMED - ADMINDARUS ODISHAENSIS  (IN HONOUR TO ODISHA) 

* SUMAN PATRA LED THE TEAM 

NEW PLANT SPECIES - 

* PRIMULA INDICA ( PRIMULACEAE) A NEW PLANT SPECIES HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN DIBANG, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* A NEW SPECIES OF PINDA HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN TORANA FORT, PUNE 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO APIACEAE ( PINDA MUKHERJEEIANA) 

* NAMED AFTER P MUKHERJEEIANA 

FIRST GRASSLAND BIRD CENSUS - 

*  The First Ever Grassland Bird Census Held In Assam 

* Kaziranga Has 43 Grassland Bird Species 

* A RARE COLORFUL FUNGI HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN THE KAGAZNAGAR FOREST DIVISION IN KOMARAM BHEEM ASIFABAD DISTRICT, TELENGANA.

* THE SPECIES CALLED - PINKGILL 

* ACTUALLY ITS NATIVE PLACE WAS NEW ZEALAND.

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* ZEUXINE YONZONEANA: A NEW ORCHID SPECIES HAS BEEN FOUND IN DARJEELING, WEST BENGAL.

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER DR RAJENDRA YONZONE KALIMPONG (BOTANIST) 

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2ND EDITION OF NILAGIRI TAHR SURVEY 2025 - 

* THE SURVEY OF NILGIRI TAHR CONDUCTED IN BOTH KERALA AND TAMILNADU.

* 2668 NILGIRI TAHR CENSUS 

* 1365 TAHR FROM KERALA & 1303 FROM TAMILNADU 

* HIGHEST (841 NILGIRI TAHR) COUNTED IN THE ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK (ENP) KERALA 

( 827 in 2024 At ENP, KERALA) 

* IN KERALA 19 FOREST DIVISION CENSUS CONDUCTED 

ENVIRONMENT - 

* Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar And Union Forest Minister Bhupendra Yadav Have Launched The MATRI VAN Initiative In Gurugram, Haryana.

* A Theme Based Urban Forest Spread Over 750 Acres In Aravali Region 

* 144 Newborn Endangered Nilagiri Mountain Goat Species Found in ERAVIKULAM NATIONAL PARK.

AWARDS - 

* * ELEPHANT ATTENDENT SUMIT GOGOI & MAHOUT GANESH TAMANG OF NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK, & TIGER RESERVE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH CONFERRED NATIONAL GAJ GOURAV AWARD 2025.

* THE AWARD IS PRESENTED BY MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FOREST.

* * DR DHRITI BANARJEE, DIRECTOR OF ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI) HAS BEEN CONFERRED WITH THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD BY SBSRD FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS FIELD OF ENTOMOLOGY AT 4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT TRENDS & DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURAL, BIOLOGICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.

* Padmavathi, The OLDEST Elephant Of Mysore Zoo Passed away.

* Nepal Has Formally Joined The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) 

*  Kuttimathan Kani, The Tribal Elder Who Revealed Kerala's Immortality Herb AROGYAAPACHA Plant Has Passed away.

* Manipur Zoological Garden (MZG) And India Turtle Conservation Programme (ITCP) Conducted The First Successful Artificial Incubation Of Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys Phayrei) 

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