A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS

* TEAM OF BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN WESTERN GHATS.

* THE SPECIES DISCOVERED IN NELLAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY IN TAMILNADU 

* SPECIES NAMED - CEROPEGIA TAMILNADUENSIS 

* A UNIQUE DARK BROWNISH PURPLE COROLLA TINGED WITH WHITE 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER TAMILNADU STATE,

* DATA DEFICIENT Under IUCN 

TWO NEW GECKO SPECIES DISCOVERD IN TELENGANA

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED OF TWO NEW GECKO SPECIES IN TELENGANA 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO GENUS - HEMIDACTYLUS 

* RESEARCH TEAM LED BY ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI), FAKIR MOHAN UNIVERSITY, ODISHA, NEHRU ZOOLOGICAL PARK HYDERABAD, AND WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA, 

SPECIES NAMED AS - 

* HEMIDACTYLUS CAIRNICOLA ( Found In Nalgonda District) 

* HEMIDACTYLUS KOYAORUM ( Found In Warangal District) ( Named In Honoured To Koya Tribe) 

A NEW SPECIES OF EARTHWORM DISCOVERED IN WESTERN GHATS

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF EARTHWORM IN THE WESTERN GHATS 

* THE SPECIES FOUND IN EVERGREEN AND DECIDUOUS FOREST ( KERALAM & TAMILNADU) 

* SPECIES NAMED - DRAWIDA  INCOMPARABILIS 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) INDIA & MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY IN KERALA.

* DRAWIDA LORICATA ( ALSO FOUND DETECTED SINCE 1945) 

* INCOMPARABILIS ( LATIN WORD MEANS - BEYOND COMPARISON OR MATCHLESS) 

* IT IS THE LARGE WORM SPECIES MEASURING BETWEEN 217 AND 392 millimetre in LENGTH 

* SPECIES BELONGS TO FAMILY - MONILIGASTRIDAE 

* 

A NEW SPECIES OF BEGONIA HAS DISCOVERD IN WESTERN GHATS ( KERALAM)

* RESEACHER FROM JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN & RESEARCH ( JNTBGRI), THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA HAVE FOUND THE NEW BEGONIA SPECIES IN ROSEMALA FOREST IN KOLLAM DISTRICT, KERALA 

* SPECIES NAMED - BEGONIA RAJVIKRAMANII 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER DR R RAJ VIKRAMAN ( FORMER HEAD OF GARDEN MANAGEMENT DIVISON JNTBGRI) 

A NEW SPECIES OF ANCIENT FUNGUS DISCOVERD IN WESTERN HIMALAYA

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW ANCIENT FUNGUS, PERFECTLY PRESERVED ON A FOSDILISED PLANT ( 12 MILLIONS YEARS OLD) IN WESTERN HIMALAYA 

* DISCOVERD IN MANDI DISTRICT, HIMACHAL PRADESH 

* PALAEOBOTANISTS FROM SIDHO-KANHO- BIRSHA UNIVERSITY IN PURULIA, INDIA RESEARCHERS FOUND THIS SPECIES 

* THIS SPECIES FOUND IN SEDIMENT ROCK IN MIDDLE SIWALIK 

* THIS FUNGUS CAN SEE WITH NAKED EYE, THE CHEMICAL PROCESS CALLED - MACERATION

* SPECIES NAMED - VIZELLOPSODITES MIOCENICUS ..

* IT IS EQUALLY SIMILAR TO VIZELLOPSODITES SIWALIKA 

* 

A NEW HERB SPECIES DISCOVERD IN MANIPUR

* A TEAM OF BOTANIST FROM MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY HAVE DISCOVERED A CULINARY HERB IN MANIPUR 

* SPECIES NAMED - TETRATAENIUM MANIPURENSE 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER STATE MANIPUR 

* THIS SPECIES LOCALLY KNOWN AS - SINGJANG - KUMOL OR MANDHANG - NAKUPPI 

* RESEARCHERS INCLUDING SANATOMBI DEVI YUMKHAM, BIMOL KUMAR SINGH, LEICHOMBAM CLINTON SINGH, SANDHYARANI DEVI KHOMDRAM, LALDINLIANA KHIANGTE, ( FROM MIZORAM UNIVERSITY) 

* THIS SPECIES HAS LONG SLENDER, GRASS -LIKE GREEN LEAGLETS, ( HEIGHT UPTO 40CM) 

* 10-20 CENTIMETRES BEAR SMELL OBLONG OVAL FRUITS 

* IUCN LISTED IN LEAST CONCERNED ( LC) 

A NEW PLANT SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* A TEAM OF BOTANIST HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PLANT SPECIES IN SHIYOMI DISTRICT IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH 

* SPECIES NAMED - DIDYMOCARPUS NAUTIYALII 

* FAMILY - GESNERIACEAE 

* THIS PLANT HEIGHT UPTO 8 CM, DISTINCTIVE BLUISH PURPLE FLOWER 

* LEATHERY LEAVES, FUNNEL SHAPED FLOWER 

* THE SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO PROFESSOR SUNIL NAUTIYAL, Former DIRECTOR OF G B PANT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT 

* IUCN LISTED AS DATA DEFICIENT (DD) 

* 

A NEW BEGONIA SPECIES DISCOVERED IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* RESEARCHERS FROM BSI ASSAM HAS DISCOVERD A NEW BEGONIA SPECIES IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - BEGONIA NEELAMORUM 

( LOCALLY KNOWN AS - NYISHI COMMUNITY - KOBIIRHOPU BAABRAI ) 

* DISCOVERD IN KEYI PANYOR DISTRICT 

* THIS IS A SMALL PLANT, 10-20 CM IN HEIGHT, LIGHT GREEN LEAF, SESSILE, 

* THIS SPECIES NAMED AFTER NYISHI TRIBE 

* ICUN LISTED AS DATA DEFICIENT 

* THE NUMBER OF BEGONIA HAS INCREASE TO 54 IN NORTH EAST INDIA 

A NEW SPECIES OF LICHEN DISCOVERED IN NORTH WESTERN HIMALAYA,

* RESEARCHERS FROM CSIR -IHBT UNDER THE CSIR BIORESOURCE CONSERVATION AND PROSEPCTON ( BIoCaP) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW LICHEN SPECIES IN WESTERN HIMALAYA INDIA 

* SPECIES NAMED - RINODINA ALPINA 

* THIS SPECIES FOUND IN KUGTI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY 

A NEW KIND OF PARASITIC WASP SPECIES FOUND IN ASSAM

* SCIENTISTS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF PARASITIC WASP SPECIES IN ASSAM FOREST. ( ORIENTAL REGION) 

* RESEACHER RUPAM DEBNATH, KELOTH RAJMOHANA DISCOVERED THIS TINY SPECIES FROM DIBRU - SAIKHOWA NATIONAL PARK 

* SPECIES NAMED - OXYSERPHUS NARENDRANI  ( SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO LATE DR T C NARENDRAN, STUDIED IN TAXONOMIC OF PARASITIC WASP IN INDIA) 

* 3.3 millimetre In LENGTH, HAS A BLACK HEAD, BROWNISH BLACK BODY, STRIKING YELLOW BODY 

A NEW GREEN BEETLE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN KERALA

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW GOLDEN GREEN BEETLE SPECIES IN WAYANAD WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, KERALA ( WESTERN GHATS) 

* SPECIES NAMED - STENEUCYRTUS  WAYANADENSIS 

* TEAM FROM WESTERN GHATS REGIONAL CENTRE AT ZSI, MES MAMPAD CILLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT GETS THIS SPECIES 

* NEW SPECIES STRIKING BLACKISH BODY, GLEAMS WITH UNIFORM GOLDEN GREENISH METTALIC IRIDESCENE ( WHICH IS SIMILAR TO STENEUCYRTUS PEXICOLLIS ) 

* THIS NEW SPECIES HAS FLAT HARD FRONT WINGS CALLED - ELYTRA 

* 

A NEW FUNGAL SPECIES DISCOVERD IN PUNE, MAHARASHTRA

* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( BSI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW FUNGAL SPECIES IN PUNE 

* SPECIES NAMED - CORYNESPORA BHARATENSIS 

* RESEARCHERS DR RASHMI DUBEY, DR AMIT D PANDEY, AND DR SAYANTAN JASH FOUND THIS SPECIES 

* THIS SPECIES CONFIRMED THROUGH MICROSCOPY & MODERN DNA BASED TECHNOLOGY - CALLED - POLYPHASIC TAXONOMY.

* THE FUNGUS PRODUCES DISTINCTIVE FASCICLES OF DARK, ELONGATED CONIDIOPHORES And CHARACTERISTICS MULTI SEPARATE CONIDIA 

* FUNGI AS CONTRIBUTION TO DECOMPOSITION, ECOSYSTEM, NUTRIENT CYCLES, AND PLANT MICROBE INTERACTION 

A NEW GHOST FLOWER ORCHID SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* A NEW ELUSIVE GHOST FLOWER ( ORCHID ) SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH ( EASTERN HIMALAYA) 

* SPECIES NAMED - GASTRODIA KEYIENSIS ( In Keyi River In Keyi Panyor District) ( KEYIENSIS Named After KEYI RIVER) 

* RESEARCHERS FROM BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (BSI), PANT NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT, SIKKIM UNIVERSITY, 

* THE ORCHID SPECIES LOCALLY NAMED - ORAM OPUH ( Meaning GHOST FLOWER) 

* THE SPECIES HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS DATA DEFICIENT 

* 

A NEW EEL SPECIES DISCOVERD IN KERALA ( ARABIAN SEA)

* SCIENTISTS FROM CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE ( CMFRI) HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW CONGER EEL SPECIES IN ARABIAN SEA.

* SPECIES NAMED - ARIOSOMA CMFRIENSE 

* 

TWO NEW MONTANE TOAD SPECIES FOUND IN MIZORAM

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW MONTANE TOAD SPECIES IN THE PHAWNGPUI NATIONAL PARK IN MIZORAM.

* SPECIES NAMED - INGERANA AIZWAL 

* DUTTAPHRYNUS PHAWNGPUI ( Named After Mizoram Highest Peak) 

* RESEARCHER FROM MIZORAM UNIVERSITY, ASSAM COTTON UNIVERSITY, AND THE CONSERVATION ORGANISATION HELP EARTH FOUND 

* THE FROG WAS DISCOVERED IN THE HRATDAWNG STREAM, MIZORAM UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 

* ADULT MALE SPECIES - 22-25.5 mm Length, WHILE FEMALE - 24.4-26 MM 

* THIS SPECIES HAS A DISTINCT CIRCULAR TYMPANUM, A SUPRATYMPANIC FOLD, 

* THE FROG HAS DARK BROWN TO REDDISH BROWN WITH DARKER LATERAL SURFACE 

* THE SPECIES NAMED AFTER AIZWAL ( CAPITAL CITY OF MIZORAM) 

* IN 2022 IUCN LISTED IN CONCERN CATEGORY 

* 

A NEW SPECIES OF LICHEN IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FOLIICOLOUS LICHEN FROM EAST KAMENG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - ASPIDOTHELIUM CORONATUM ( THELENELLACEAE) 

A NEW LICHEN SPECIES DISCOVERD IN KERALAM

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW LICHEN SPECIES IN KERALAM STATE.

* FOUND IN MATTHIKETAN  SHOLA NATIONAL PARK 

* SPECIES NAMED - BUELLIA MAHARAJENSIS ( 

A NEW FISH SPECIES DISCOVERD IN TAWANG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF FISH IN HIGH ALTITUDE LAKE AT TAWANG DISTRICT, ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SCIENTISTS FROM ICAR - CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF COLD WATER FISHERIES RESEARCH ( ICAR -CICFR) BHIMTAL RECORDED THIS SPECIES FIRST TIME 

* SPECIES NAMED - SCHIZOPYGOPSIS WADDELLII ( Regan, 1908) 

* AT A HIGH ALTITUDE OF 12,800 FEET IN TAWANG DISTRICT 

* SPECIES FAMILY BELONGS TO - CYPRINIDAE 

* 

A NEW SKATE FISH SPECIES DISCOVERD IN KERALAM COAST

* SCIENTISTS FROM ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA ( ZSI) AND CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE ( CMFRI) HAVE DESCRIBE A NEW SPECIES OF SKATE IN KERALAM COAST ( SAKTHIKULANGARA FISHING HARBOUR) 

* SPECIES NAMED - DIPTURUS DHRITIAE ( KNOWN AS ARABIAN SKATE) 

* SPECIES NAMED IN HONOUR TO ZSI DIRECTOR DHRITI BANARJEE 

* 

A NEW SPECIES OF DWELLING CAECILIAN IDENTIFIED IN MAHARASHTRA

* SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF LEGLESS, WORM LIKE AMPHIBIANS FROM MAHARASHTRA.

* SPECIES NAMED - GEGENEOPHIS CHANDGADI 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER CHANDGADI LANGUAGE ( MARATHI SPOKEN) 

*