A group of Indian researches described a new species of small-sized (SVL 24.6–28.8 mm) rupicolous Cnemaspis from the Biligirirangan Hills (BR Hills), Karnataka based on morphology and molecular (mitochondrial 16S and ND2) data

Platylestes kirani sp. nov. is described from the coastal areas of the northern part of Kerala (Kannur District) in southern India. Platylestes Selys, 1862 is a genus of stalk-winged damselflies in the family Lestidae

Vanilla tiendatii is a newly discovered species for science from Limestone Mountain (elevation 300–400 m a.s.l.) of Quang Binh province in North Vietnam.

Scientific discovered the cardamom green-litter frog (Leptobrachella neangi) from Cambodia, named in honor of Cambodian Herpetologist, Thy Neang. Before that, Leaf-litter Frogs have been found throughout the Southeast Asian forests, only a one individual of an unknown species had been recorded in the vast Cardamom Mountains.

Blastopathes medusa gen. nov., sp. nov., a newly introduced black coral, Based on morphological and molecular data described from Kimbe Bay in Papua New Guinea

Three Indian researchers have discovered a new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana from northern Karnataka, India. According to the research findings, new species is similar to members of the clade of Sitana spinaecephalus. However, can be distinguished based on morphological as well as molecular data

A new species of mouse lemur describes from Madagascar, considered the tiniest primate in the world. Scientists fear that almost all of Madagascar's 107 other native species of lemurs are at risk of extinction.

Tropidophis steinleini sp. nov. is described from the eastern region of Cuba, raising the currently described number of species to 17 in this archipelago.