Rediscovered!

I will only count those taxa that were already included in the blog!

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Naesiotus planospira Ancey – Plane-spired Bulimulus Snail

– was apparently not extinct at all

1983

Ambystoma leorae (Taylor) – Leora’s Stream Salamander

2004

Rana omiltemana Günther (as Lithobates omiltemanus (Günther)) – Guerreran Leopard Frog

2009

Lymnaea aulacospira Ancey (as Erinna aulacospira (Ancey)) – Furrow-spined Pond Snail

– Kenneth R. Wood: Biogeographical notes on Erinna newcombi (Mollusca: Lymnaeidae) in the valleys of Hanakoa & Kalalau, Kaua’i, Hawai’i. prepared for the US Fish & Wildlife Service (Cooperative Agreement No. 12200-6-G015) October 2011

2010

Atelopus chrysocorallus La Marca – Coral-red Stub-foot Toad

2014

Euphorbia remyi var. hanaleiensis Sherff – Hanalei Spurge

– 
Kenneth R. Wood; Seana K. Walsh: Notes on the Hawaiian flora: Kaua’i rediscoveries and range extensions. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2021. Edited by Neal L. Evenhuis. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 142: 27–34. 2022


2016

Craugastor guerreroensis (Lynch) – Guerreran Robber Frog

– Ricardo Palacios-Aquilar: Notes on distribution, morphological variation, and natural history of the rare frog Craugastor guerreroensis (Anura: Craugastoridae). Alytes 34: 69-72. 2017

2017

Pseudanophthalmus insularis Barr – Baker Station Cave Ground Beetle

– Matthew L. Niemiller; Kirk S. Zigler; Karen A. Ober; Evin T. Carter; Annette S. Engel; Gerald Moni; T. Keith Philips; Charles D. R. Stephen: Rediscovery and conservation status of six short-range endemic Pseudanophthalmus cave beetles (Carabidae: Trechini). Insect Conservation and Diversity. doi:10.1111/icad.12263

2018

Aaadonta irregularis (Semper) – Irregular Palau Disc Snail

– pers. comm. David Bullis

2019

Atelopus oxyrhynchus Boulenger – Yellow Merida Stub-foot Toad

Melicope nealae (B. C. Stone) T. G. Hartley & B. C. Stone – Kumuwela Melicope

– Kenneth R. Wood; Seana K. Walsh: Notes on the Hawaiian flora: Kaua’i rediscoveries and range extensions. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2021. Edited by Neal L. Evenhuis. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 142: 27–34. 2022


2021

Centaurea pseudoleucolepis Kleopow – Steppe Knapweed

– Thomas Abeli; Giulia Albani Rocchetti; Zoltan Barina; Ioannis Bazos; David Draper; Patrick Grillas; José María Iriondo; Emilio Laguna; Juan Carlos Moreno-Saiz; Fabrizio Bartolucci: Seventeen ‘extinct’ plant species back to conservation attention in Europe. Nature Plants 7: 282-286. 2021

2023

Atelopus carbonerensis Rivero – La Carbonera Stub-foot Toad

– César Barrio-Amorós; Denis Torres: Atelopus carbonerensis Rivero, 1974: A Long-awaited Rediscovery through Citizen Science. Reptiles & Amphibians 30: e18534. doi.org/10.17161/randa.v30i1.18534. 2023