According to Animal Discoveries 2020 by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), India has added 557 new species to its fauna, which includes 407 new species and 150 new records.
The number of faunal species in India has climbed to 1,02,718 species with the discovery of the new species. Some of the newly discovered important species are:
- Trimeresurus salazar-a green pit viper discovered in Arunachal Pradesh;
- Lycodon deccanensis– the Deccan wolf snake discovered in Karnataka;
- Sphaerotheca Bengaluru-a burrowing frog named after the city of Bengaluru.
- Xyrias anjaalai-a deep water species of snake eel from Kerala;
- Glyptothorax giudikyensis-a species of catfish from Manipur;
- Clyster galateansis-a species of scarab beetle from the Great Nicobar Biosphere.
(Source: The Hindu)
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