Animal Discoveries 2020
- August 28, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Animal Discoveries 2020
Subject – Environment
Context – India added 557 new species to faunal wealth in 2020, says ZSI.
Concept –
- India has added 557 new species to its fauna, which includes 407 new species and 150 new records, reveals Animal Discoveries 2020, a document published recently by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI).
- The number of faunal species in India has climbed to 1,02,718 species with the discovery of the new species.
- Among the new species, some interesting species discovered in 2020 are
- Trimeresurus salazar, a green pit viper discovered in Arunachal Pradesh;
- Lycodon deccanensis, the Deccan wolf snake discovered in Karnataka; and
- Sphaerotheca Bengaluru, a burrowing frog named after the city of Bengaluru.
- The list also includes Xyrias anjaalai, a deep water species of snake eel from Kerala;
- Glyptothorax giudikyensis, a species of catfish from Manipur; and
- Clyster galateansis, a species of scarab beetle from the Great Nicobar Biosphere.