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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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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WILDLIFE & ENVIRONMENT CA IN MAY 2025

NEW SPECIES - 

* A 4 Years Old Girl Discovered PANGIO JUHUAE - The New Fish Species In Kerala ( NAMED After Juhu)

* Scientists From Botanical Survey Of India (BSI) Discovered A Unique Wild Banana Species From Andaman Islands 

Musa Indandamanensis L J Singh ( Musaceae) 

* 70 Orchids Species From 36 Genres Documented In kaziranga National Park, Assam.

* The EUTHALIA MALACCANA, A New Butterfly Species Of Subspecies - EUTHALIA ADONIA Found In Arunachal Pradesh In Leparada District - 

 

* A New Damselfly Species Caliphaea Sinuofurcata Has Been Discovered ( Common Name - Bearded Bronzeback) At Upper Siang Arunachal Pradesh.

* A New Species Of Cave Dwelling Fish Has Been Discovered By Research Team From Guwahati University. 

( located in Krem Mawjumbuin Cave, located in Meghalaya's EAST Khasi Hill District. 

* Researchers From NEIST & UPPSALA University Have Found a New Alpine Plant Species, KOENIGIA ARUNACHALENSIS, At Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.

RARE - 

* For The First Time India's Lepidopteran Records, The European Red Admiral ( VANESSA ATALANTA) A Migratory Butterfly Species Has Been Documented in Himachal Pradesh

* First Ever Clouded Leopards Preying Capture On Slow loris, Assam.

* After 110 Years a Lost Species Named - MORINGUA HODGARTI - (Ophichthys HODGARTI) Has Been Rediscover In Siang Valley 

* A Rare Lizard Species ( CALOTES ZOLAIKING) First Time Recorded In Meghalaya ( first Seen In Mizoram In 2019) 

* Rare Arctic Bird Sabines Gull Spotted At Gujarat 

16th Lion Population Estimation 2025 - 

* Gujarat Has Recorded 891 Lion Population ( 32% Increase Since Last Census) 

* 304 Lions in 1995 

* 359 Lions in 2005 

* 523 Lions in 2015 

* 674 Lions in 2020 

* 891 Lions In 2025 

MALE -  196 

FEMALE - 330 

SUB- ADULT  - 140 

CUB- 225 

AWARDS - 

* Divya Karnad Has Being Named As The WINGS WOMAN OF DISCOVERY 2025, in her Work in The Marine Conservation In South Asia.

* Tamilnadu Witnesses Record Of 2.29 lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Hatchling In This Season.

* Madhya Pradesh Set To Became India's First State To Conduct Snake Census.

* Uttar Pradesh Government Has Launched India's First Vistadome Jungle Safari Train Connecting Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary And Dudhwa Tiger Reserve.

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* Arunachal Pradesh Governor KT Pattnaik Has Presented The LAND OF RISING SUN - Plaque To Dr Krishna Chowlu, ( Botanical Survey Of india BSI) For Her Outstanding Work in Discovery of Rare Orchid Species In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Among The All States Assam Recorded The Highest Tree Cover Loss Between 2001 And 2024, Loosing 3,40,000 Hectares 

*  India Is Lost 18,200 Hectares Of Primary FOREST In 2024. 

* Former Indian Cricketer Anil Kumble Has Been Appointed As The Ambassador Of The Karnataka Forest Department And For Wildlife Conservation.

ENVIRONMENTS - 

* Government Of Karnataka Notified HESSARGHATTA Grassland As Its Conservation Reserve.

* The 5th Edition Of Big Cat Magazine, A Collaboration between IBCA And Sankala India Was Released By World Bank Head Ajay Banga.

 * Seven Beaches Of Maharashtra Gets Blue Flag Tag.

* Indian Coast Guard started OPERATION OLIVIA - To Protect Olive Ridley Turtles ( Coastal areas) 

* 6.98 Lakh Olive Ridley Turtles Protected 

 * Tamilnadu Has Created a New Mangrove Forest Near Buckingham Canal In Khazzipattur, Chennai.

* India's Coastline Has Increases At 11,098.81 Km ( Gujarat Has 2340.62 From 1600 Km) Longest Of India.

* India Launched The One Nation, One Mission End Plastic Pollution 

* Radheshyam Bishnoi, An Conservationist From Rajasthan Passed Away. 

* Noted Wildlife And Tiger Conservationist Valmik Thapar Passed away 

UNESCO LIST - 

* Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserves Enters UNESCO List.

KOZHIKODE NEW FLOWER,TREE - 

FOREST MINISTER A K SASEENDRAN ANNOUNCED THE KOZHIKODE NEW - 

* MELASTOMA MALABATHRICUM ( ATHIRANI) - AS OFFICIAL DISTRICT FLOWER 

* CYEX ERITHACA (MENIPONMAN) - Official District Bird 

* PACHLIOPTA PANDIYANA ( MALABAR ROSE) - OFFICIAL BUTTERFLY 

* HOPEA EROSA (THEYYAKAM) - OFFICIAL DISTRICT TREE 

* CYCAS CIRCINALIS (EENTHU) - OFFICIAL HERITAGE TREE 

* LUTROGALE PERSPICIllATA (otter) - Official Aquatics Animal 

* PANJIO BHUJIA - ( PATHALA POONTHARAKAN) - OFFICIAL DISTRICT FISH 

* MANIS CRASSICAUDATA (INDIAN PANGOLIN) - OFFICIAL ANIMAL 

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WHITLEY

 AWARDS - 

* FARINA OTHMAN (Malaysia) - Protection In Bornean Elephant 

* ANDRES LINK ( Colombia) - For Project Canopy Corridor ( Brown Spider Monkey)

* Reshu BASHYAL (Nepal) - Restore 1000+ Acres Plant species, Orchid Plants 

* YARA BARROS ( Brazil) - Protecting Jaguar In Iguacu National Park 

* FEDERICO KACOLIRIS ( Argentina) - Protection The Endemic And Endangered EI RINCON Stream Frog ( SOMUNCURA PLATEAU) 

* RAHAYU OKTAVINI (Indonesia) - Protection In Endangered JAVAN GIBBON 

* WHITLEY GOLD AWARD - Dr Olivier Nsengimana ( For Protection In The Grey Crowned Cranes) Rwanada