A RARE PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED AFTER 138 YEARS IN NORTH EAST

* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE FOUND A RARE PLANT IN KHASI HILLS IN MEGHALAYA. ( DISCOVERED AFTER 138 YEARS) 

* SPECIES NAME - DIDYMOCARPUS 

* WHITE FLOWER, 

* SCIENTISTS ARE CATEGORIES THIS SPECIES AS CRITICALLY ENDANGERED 

* PLANT GROWS AT ELEVATION BETWEEN 1450 - 1520 meter 

A NEW GECKO SPECIES FOUND IN TRIPURA

* RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND A NEW GECKO SPECIES IN TRIPURA

* SPECIES NAME - CYRTODACTYLUS JAYADITYAI 

A NEW SPECIES OF GECKO FOUND IN ASSAM

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF GECKO IN RAIMONA NATIONAL PARK, KOKRAJHAR DISTRICT, ASSAM.

* SPECIES NAME - CYRTODACTYLUS RAIMONAENSIS 

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TWO NEW JUMPING SPIDER SPECIES FOUND IN MAHARASHTRA & RAJASTHAN

* RESEARCHERS FROM THACKERAY WILDLIFE FOUNDATION HAS IDENTIFIED TWO NEW JUMPING SPIDER SPECIES IN INDIA.

* LANGELURILLUS ONYX ( FEMALE) 

* LANGELURILLUS UDAIPURENSIS ( MALE) ( FOUND In Rajasthan SAJJANPUR WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ) 

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TWO NEW SPECIES OF SNAKE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AT ARUNACHAL PRADESH & MIZORAM

* SCIENTISTS FROM WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA (WWI) DEHRADUN, HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW RARE KEELBACK SNAKES 

SPECIES ARE - 

* HERPETOREAS DAVIDI ( NGENGPUI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, MIZORAM) 

* HEBIUS GILHODESI ( NAMDAPHA NATIONAL PARK, ARUNACHAL PRADESH) 

ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA HAS DISCOVERD TWO NEW SPECIES OF LICHEN MOTHS

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI).HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF LICHEN MOTHS IN HIMALAYA 

* ECOLOGICAL ROLE - THESE MOTHS ARE INDICATOR SPECIES OF AIR POLLUTION 

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RESEARCHERS FROM BSI HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FUNGAL SPECIES

* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FUNGAL SPECIES IN PUSHPAGIRI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, KARNATAKA. 

* SPECIES NAME - VAGINATISPORA BHARATENSIS. ( NAMED AFTER BHARAT ( INDIA) 

A NEW PLANT SPECIES NAMED AFTER LATE ZUBEEN GARG

* RESEARCHERS  FROM GUWAHATI UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES ( FLOWER) IN GRASSLAND OF MANAS NATIONAL PARK 

* SPECIES NAME - OSBECKIA ZUBEENGARGIANA 

* FAMILY BELONGS TO MELASTOMATACEAE 

A HYBRID ORCHID SPECIES BY ASSAM SCIENTIST

* NOTED ORCHID EXPERT DR. MOHAN PRADHAN FROM SIKKIM HAS CREATED HYBRID ORCHID SPECIES - SEUJIA KAZIRANGA ..

A NEW SPINY ANT SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ASSAM

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPINY SPECIES OF ANT IN GARBHANGA RESERVE FOREST IN ASSAM 

* SPECIES NAME - POLYRHACHIS GARBHANGAENSIS 

* INDIA RECORDS 71 SPECIES OF GENUS POLYRHACHIS 

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TWO NEW SPECIES OF RARE ANT FLIES DISCOVERED IN KERALA & TAMILNADU

* RESERCHERS FROM KERALA & TAMILNADU HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF RARE ANT FLIES - FROM DELHI & TAMILNADU.

* TWO NEW SPECIES ARE 

- METADON GHORPADEI ( Picture 1) 

- METADON REEMERI ( Picture 2) 

- SUB FAMILY -  MICRODONTINAE ( Syrphidae) 

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A NEW SPECIES OF GINGER HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* A NEW SPECIES OF GINGER HAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN SIANG VALLEY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAME - PARAKAEMPFERIA ALBA 

A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERD IN NAGALAND

* RESEARCHERS FROM NAGALAND UNIVERSITY HAVE FOUND A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN PHEK.

* NEW SPECIES - HOYA NAGAENSIS ( NAGAENSIS FROM NAGALAND) & NAGA COMMUNITY 

( FAMILY - APOCYNACEAE) 

* SUB FAMILY - ASCLEPIADOIDEAE 

* THE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN PHEK DISTRICT FOREST IN NAGALAND 

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NEW REED SNAKE SPECIES FOUND IN MIZORAM

* CALAMARIA MIZORAMENSIS, A NEW REED SNAKE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN MIZORAM.

* IT IS BASED ON DNA 

* THIS IS THE NON - VENOMOUS REED SNAKE