Say hello to Gastrotheca mittaliiti, a new species of frog discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. Just over an inch (2.5cm) long, and a fashionable shade of green, the miniature marsupial frog carries its eggs in a natural pouch on its back.

Photograph: Selva Institute for Sustainable Development Research/AFP/Getty Images

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New Species Emerge from Cambodian Karst Depths

Over 11 new species, like snakes and geckos, found in Cambodia's Battambang caves. Learn about these new discoveries and threats to their homes.

#CambodiaCaves, #NewSpecies, #Biodiversity, #Conservation, #KarstLife

https://newsletter.tf/new-species-cambodian-caves-snakes-geckos/

Exciting news from Cambodia! Over 11 new species, including a venomous pit viper and flying snake, have been found in unexplored caves. This is a huge discovery for science.

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https://newsletter.tf/new-species-cambodian-caves-snakes-geckos/

#NewSpecies!
New frog from #brazil just jumped in:

Ischnocnema rubridactyla

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E7E621-4972-E25E-98C8-FE2AFE3ED169
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5768.4.3
#Zootaxa #IschnocnemaRubridactyla

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#NewSpecies!
Lysionotus purpureopunctatus
A newly discovered gesneriaceae from #china!

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/90A94D3B-8402-5A66-98E1-D8CEAC5FC463
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.272.165184
#PhytoKeys#LysionotusPurpureopunctatus

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#NewSpecies!
New gecko from #cambodia just climbed in:

Cyrtodactylus kiriromensis

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/73618790-F357-FFCF-879F-FDA82A817E8F
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5741.3.5
#Zootaxa #CyrtodactylusKiriromensis

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#NewSpecies!
New deep-sea squat lobster from #japan just pinched us:

Galacantha kumano

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/30782C78-FFAF-3D78-A083-A981FEEC085C
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5760.2.5
#Zootaxa #GalacanthaKumano

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#NewSpecies!
New leafhopper from #brazil just hopped in:

Cavichiana coeruleomaculata

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FE87C4-6346-BE05-FF43-A140FD0EFEFD
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5768.2.8
#Zootaxa #CavichianaCoeruleomaculata

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#NewSpecies!
New eeltail catfish from #australia just swam in:

Neosilurus manjandi

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/500E8787-FFD2-D67F-DE97-F97DFA9FFAB6
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.3
#Zootaxa #NeosilurusManjandi

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#NewSpecies!
A newly discovered fungus from #china for #FungiFriday:

Picipes abieticola

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3876E9CC-E238-5714-A364-2239B5705B79
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.130.183848
#Mycokeys #PicipesAbieticola

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