An extraordinary cave animal found in Eastern Turkmenistan

(Pensoft Publishers) A remote cave in Eastern Turkmenistan was found to shelter a marvelous cave-adapted inhabitant that turned out to represent a species and genus new to science. This new troglodyte is the first of its order from Central Asia and the first strictly subterranean terrestrial creature recorded in the country. The study is published in the open-access journal Subterranean Biology.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - Category: Biology Source Type: news