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| Year Described | Date Added | Species | Family | Country Distribution | Reference |
| 2026 | 2026-05-21 | Arcovomer ubatuba | Microhylidae | Brazil | Andrade FS de, Lyra ML, Baêta D, Toledo LF. 2026. Unveiling cryptic diversity in the genus Arcovomer (Anura: Microhylidae): description of two new species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Salamandra 62: 77–96. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-21 | Arcovomer moqueca | Microhylidae | Brazil | Andrade FS de, Lyra ML, Baêta D, Toledo LF. 2026. Unveiling cryptic diversity in the genus Arcovomer (Anura: Microhylidae): description of two new species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Salamandra 62: 77–96. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-18 | Pseudoeurycea parraoleae | Plethodontidae | Mexico | Aguilar-Herrera EA, Sanabria-Urbán S, Flores-Martínez DL, Gómez-Tapia JD, Seba-Chacha M, Vázquez-Reyes LD, Rivera-Ortíz FA, Ramírez-Bastida P, Cortés-Ortiz B, Calzada-Arciniega RA, Avila-Ortega EU, Víquez-Vega DI, Hernández-Ordoñez O, Blair C, Jiménez-Arcos VH. 2026. Hidden in the mist: Three new species of salamanders of the genus Pseudoeurycea (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Vertebrate Zoology 76:275–299. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-18 | Pseudoeurycea natsii | Plethodontidae | Mexico | Aguilar-Herrera EA, Sanabria-Urbán S, Flores-Martínez DL, Gómez-Tapia JD, Seba-Chacha M, Vázquez-Reyes LD, Rivera-Ortíz FA, Ramírez-Bastida P, Cortés-Ortiz B, Calzada-Arciniega RA, Avila-Ortega EU, Víquez-Vega DI, Hernández-Ordoñez O, Blair C, Jiménez-Arcos VH. 2026. Hidden in the mist: Three new species of salamanders of the genus Pseudoeurycea (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Vertebrate Zoology 76:275–299. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-18 | Pseudoeurycea euguii | Plethodontidae | Mexico | Aguilar-Herrera EA, Sanabria-Urbán S, Flores-Martínez DL, Gómez-Tapia JD, Seba-Chacha M, Vázquez-Reyes LD, Rivera-Ortíz FA, Ramírez-Bastida P, Cortés-Ortiz B, Calzada-Arciniega RA, Avila-Ortega EU, Víquez-Vega DI, Hernández-Ordoñez O, Blair C, Jiménez-Arcos VH. 2026. Hidden in the mist: Three new species of salamanders of the genus Pseudoeurycea (Amphibia: Plethodontidae) from Oaxaca, Mexico. Vertebrate Zoology 76:275–299. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-18 | Bolitoglossa chrysothyma | Plethodontidae | Peru | Glaw F, Köhler J, Castillo-Urbina E, Siu-Ting K, Santa Cruz R, Aguilar-Puntriano C, von May R, Vences M. 2026. Translating phylogeny into taxonomy: a new plethodontid salamander species, genus Bolitoglossa, from Amazonian Peru. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment: 1–19. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 1943 | 2026-05-15 | Eleutherodactylus nebulosus | Eleutherodactylidae | Mexico | Taylor EH. 1943. Herpetological novelties from Mexico. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 29: 343–361. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 1970 | 2026-05-15 | Eleutherodactylus dennisi | Eleutherodactylidae | Mexico | Lynch JD. 1970. A taxonomic revision of the leptodactylid frog genus Syrrhophus Cope. University of Kansas Publications. Museum of Natural History 20:1–45. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 1867 | 2026-05-13 | Limnodynastes superciliaris | Myobatrachidae | Australia | Keferstein, W. M. (1867). Über einige neue oder seltene Batrachier aus Australien und dem tropischen Amerika. Nachrichten von der Georg-Augusts-Universität und der Königl. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 18: 342–361. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 1867 | 2026-05-13 | Limnodynastes grayi | Myobatrachidae | Australia | Steindachner, F. 1867. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Pt. 9, Bd. 1, Abt. 4, Zoologischer Theil. Amphibien. Wien: K. K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-12 | Pristimantis regadatore | Strabomantidae | Colombia | Cuellar-Valencia OM, Bolaños-Molina BE, Bolívar-García W. 2026. Two new rain frogs of the Pristimantis leptolophus species group (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the high elevations of the Cordillera Occidental, Southwestern Colombia. Zootaxa 5807(2): 305–338. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-12 | Pristimantis cantorcaelestis | Strabomantidae | Colombia | Cuellar-Valencia OM, Bolaños-Molina BE, Bolívar-García W. 2026. Two new rain frogs of the Pristimantis leptolophus species group (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the high elevations of the Cordillera Occidental, Southwestern Colombia. Zootaxa 5807(2): 305–338. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-08 | Andrias yaoluopingensis | Cryptobranchidae | China | Jiang Z, Huang R, Yang J, Zhao K, Zhang Y, Zhang T, Zhang Y, Chu J, Chen J, Huang S. A new species of the Giant Salamander genus Andrias (Amphibia, Urodela, Cryptobranchidae) from Yuexi, Anhui, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 2026 Apr 7;102(2):649-58. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-07 | Pristimantis dinardoi | Strabomantidae | Ecuador | Yánez-Muñoz MH, Vega-Yánez MA, Reyes-Puig JP, Lagla-Chimba G, Paucar-Veintimilla C, Nicolalde-Tapia K, Urgilés-Merchán M, Carrión-Olmedo JC, Reyes-Puig C. 2026. Update of species limits in the Pristimantis myersiclade (Anura: Craugastoridae), with the description of two new species from the western Andes of Ecuador. PeerJ 14: e21075. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21075 (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-07 | Pristimantis cayapas | Strabomantidae | Ecuador | Yánez-Muñoz MH, Vega-Yánez MA, Reyes-Puig JP, Lagla-Chimba G, Paucar-Veintimilla C, Nicolalde-Tapia K, Urgilés-Merchán M, Carrión-Olmedo JC, Reyes-Puig C. 2026. Update of species limits in the Pristimantis myersiclade (Anura: Craugastoridae), with the description of two new species from the western Andes of Ecuador. PeerJ 14: e21075. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21075 (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-07 | Niceforonia quilloturo | Strabomantidae | Ecuador | Reyes-Puig JP, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Urgilés-Merchán M, Libke Z, Ron SR, Carrión-Olmedo JC. 2026. Two new terrestrial narrow-toed frogs (Niceforonia: Strabomantidae, Anura) from remote unexplored mountains in the Ecuadorian Andes. PeerJ 14: e21182. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21182 (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-07 | Niceforonia dracula | Strabomantidae | Ecuador | Reyes-Puig JP, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Urgilés-Merchán M, Libke Z, Ron SR, Carrión-Olmedo JC. 2026. Two new terrestrial narrow-toed frogs (Niceforonia: Strabomantidae, Anura) from remote unexplored mountains in the Ecuadorian Andes. PeerJ 14: e21182. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.21182 (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Gegeneophis bavali | Grandisoniidae | India | Kotharambath R, Vengot R, Gower DJ. 2026. A new species of Gegeneophis Peters, 1879 (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Grandisoniidae) from the Western Ghats of northern Kerala, India. Zootaxa5782:571-80. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Tylototriton guilinensis | Salamandridae | China | Xiao W, Chen X, Wu X, Pan Y, Chen J, Yu G, Huang H. 2026. A new species of genus Tylototriton (Caudata, Salamandridae) from northeastern Guangxi, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 102(2): 671–686. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Odorrana yangi | Ranidae | China | Liu S, Bu C, Feng Y, Hou M, Rao D, Li S. 2026. A new species of the genus Odorrana Fei, Ye & Huang, 1990 (Anura, Ranidae) from southeastern Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1275:43-61. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Ptychadena silvamare | Ptychadenidae | Cote d'Ivoire; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia | Rödel MO, Schmitz A, Penner J, Griesbaum F, Leache AD, Ofori-Boateng C, Portik D, Doumbia J, Kouamé NG, Kpan TF, Gonwouo NL. 2026. Four new cryptic Ptychadena species from the Upper Guinean rainforests of West Africa (Amphibia, Anura, Ptychadenidae). Zootaxa 5779:1-66. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Ptychadena saskiae | Ptychadenidae | Cote d'Ivoire; Guinea; Liberia; Sierra Leone | Rödel MO, Schmitz A, Penner J, Griesbaum F, Leache AD, Ofori-Boateng C, Portik D, Doumbia J, Kouamé NG, Kpan TF, Gonwouo NL. 2026. Four new cryptic Ptychadena species from the Upper Guinean rainforests of West Africa (Amphibia, Anura, Ptychadenidae). Zootaxa 5779:1-66. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Ptychadena dahomeyensis | Ptychadenidae | Benin; Ghana | Rödel MO, Schmitz A, Penner J, Griesbaum F, Leache AD, Ofori-Boateng C, Portik D, Doumbia J, Kouamé NG, Kpan TF, Gonwouo NL. 2026. Four new cryptic Ptychadena species from the Upper Guinean rainforests of West Africa (Amphibia, Anura, Ptychadenidae). Zootaxa 5779:1-66. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Ptychadena atewae | Ptychadenidae | Cote d'Ivoire; Ghana | Rödel MO, Schmitz A, Penner J, Griesbaum F, Leache AD, Ofori-Boateng C, Portik D, Doumbia J, Kouamé NG, Kpan TF, Gonwouo NL. 2026. Four new cryptic Ptychadena species from the Upper Guinean rainforests of West Africa (Amphibia, Anura, Ptychadenidae). Zootaxa 5779:1-66. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Nyctibatrachus kali | Nyctibatrachidae | India | Aravind CK, Ramesh B, Naik CR, Gururaja KV, Priti H. 2026. Hiding in plain sight: description of a new species of Nyctibatrachus (Amphibia, Anura, Nyctibatrachidae) from the central Western Ghats, India. PeerJ 14:e20895. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Vietnamophryne abscondita | Microhylidae | Viet Nam | Poyarkov NA, Gorin VA, Le SX, Trofimets AV, Duong TV, Nguyen DT, Pawangkhanant P, Suwannapoom C, Nguyen TV. 2026. A new microendemic species of Vietnamophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from limestone karst of Quang Tri Province, Central Vietnam. Herpetozoa 39: 145–160. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Leptobrachium widianai | Megophryidae | Indonesia | Fauzan MF, Smith EN, Amarasinghe AAT, Farajallah A, Racho A, Matsui M, Hamidy A. 2026. A new species of Leptobrachium Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Megophryidae) from Bali and East Java, Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 74: 62–86. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Phyllodytes gravata | Hylidae | Brazil | dos Santos LS, Rodrigues MT, Dias IR. 2026. Another piece in the puzzle: A new species of Phyllodytes Wagler, 1830 (Anura, Hylidae) from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, northeastern Brazil. European Journal of Taxonomy 1048:62-83. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Occidozyga nishikawai | Dicroglossidae | Viet Nam | Ninh HT, Nguyen TT, Nguyen HH, Pham CT, Hoang CV, Nguyen VHT, Do DT, Nguyen TQ, Orlov N, Ziegler T. 2026. A new species of Occidozyga (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) and new records of O. lingnanica from Central Vietnam. ZooKeys 1278: 111–133. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |
| 2026 | 2026-05-06 | Nanorana zhaotongensis | Dicroglossidae | China | Liu S, Bu C, Hou M, Chen J, Feng Y, Ma L, Wang J, Rao D-Q. 2026. Two new species of Nanorana Günther, 1896 (Anura, Dicroglossidae) from Yunnan, China. ZooKeys 1276: 139–170. (10.5281/zenodo.20267179) |