When Emmeline Grant finds Pletonia, she discovers many species never found in her natural scientist father’s books. Today, explorers are STILL finding new species. Here are some the new species discovered in 2020: beaked whale, siphonophore (believed to be the longest animal ever recorded), a new species of ebony tree, a carnivore’sous sundew, and a new mint. Top new species of 2020 (new to researchers/scientists, but may have been known to native populations for years.) include:
mouse lemurs (shy nocturnal primates),
lilliputian frog,
popa langur,
Salazar’s pit viper,
false gecko,
Madagascar giant frog,
tropical parasitoid Acrotaphus wasps,
Bulbophyllum dologlossum (orchid),
Carolina Sandhills salamander,
evergreen shrub Tiganophyton Karasense,
Yala giant scorpion (heterometrus yaleensis),
Achalinus zugorum (irridescent snake),
Leptarma biju (purple tree spider crab),
toadstool Cortinarius Heathere (discovered near Heathrow airport in the UK),
Loureedia phoenix (velvet red-and-white spider named after Joaquin Phoenix who played the Joker, Batman’s nemesis.
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