<h1 class="ql-align-center">Animal Discoveries 2020&nbsp;</h1> <h2>Context:</h2> <ul><li>India has added 557 new species to its fauna reveals Animal Discoveries 2020, a document published recently by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI).</li></ul> <h2> </h2><h2>About:</h2> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The number of faunal species in India has climbed to 1,02,718 species with the discovery of the new species</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Among the new species, some interesting species discovered in 2020 are :</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-indent-2 ql-align-justify">Trimeresurus salazar, a green pit viper discovered in Arunachal Pradesh</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-indent-2 ql-align-justify">Lycodon deccanensis, the Deccan wolf snake discovered in Karnataka</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-indent-2 ql-align-justify">Sphaerotheca Bengaluru, a burrowing frog named after the city of Bengaluru</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-indent-2 ql-align-justify">Xyrias anjaalai, a deep water species of snake eel from Kerala</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-indent-2 ql-align-justify">Glyptothorax giudikyensis, a species of catfish from Manipur</li></ul> <ul><li class="ql-indent-2 ql-align-justify">&nbsp;Clyster galateansis, a species of scarab beetle from the Great Nicobar Biosphere.</li></ul> <h2> </h2><h2>Zoological Survey of India (ZSI):</h2> <ul><li>The ZSI was set up by British zoologist Thomas Nelson Annandale, in 1916.</li></ul> <ul><li>It is the premier taxonomic research organization and established to promote surveys, exploration, and research leading to the advancement of our knowledge of various aspects of the exceptionally rich animal life of India.</li></ul> <ul><li>The ZSI had its genesis as the Zoological Section of the Indian Museum at Calcutta in 1875.</li></ul>