India added 557 new species to faunal wealth in 2020

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 28, Aug 2021

India has added 557 new species to its fauna, which includes 407 new species and 150 new records, reveals Animal Discoveries 2020

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
• 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.