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750 new species have been discovered in Australia, including the Venom spider

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Australian scientists have documented 750 new species, including a spider named after the Marvel character Venom and a frog that laughs instead of croaks.

Australian scientists have documented 750 new species, including the spider Venomius tomhardyi, named after the Marvel movie character, and the frog Litoria ridibunda, which laughs instead of the usual croak. The Guardian reported this.

Despite new discoveries, researchers note that approximately 70% of the continent’s species remain unknown to science. More research is planned in the future to further explore Australia’s wealth of biodiversity.

The list of new species recently included:

  • The frog Litoria ridibunda laughs instead of the usual croaking.

  • The night spider Venomius tomhardyi, named after actor Tom Hardy, who played Eddie Brock and his alter ego Venom in the Marvel comics.

  • The rainbow sea worm Marphysa davidattenboroughi, named after naturalist David Attenborough.

  • A marsupial mammal, Planigale tealei, similar to a shrew that lives in clay soils.

  • Sand ghost lizard Ctenophorus tjakalpa.

  • Blue-ringed velvet worm Planipapillus absonus.

  • Lady Elliot Island shrimp goby, Tomiyamichthys elliotensis.

  • Purple flowering shrub Eremophila saxatilis.

“Many people may be surprised to learn that 70% of our native species remain unnamed and hidden from science. Australia is the world’s biodiversity hotspot with more than 150,000 native species, but taxonomists have named two new to science every day Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek.

It was previously reported that a new species of ant was discovered in Australia. Because of its pale color and habit of living underground, the insect is named after the Harry Potter villain Voldemort.

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