Extinct Animals Found Alive: 5 Lazarus Species (2025).

Описание: Five species we thought were gone forever just reappeared — some after 130 years.
From a mud-walking fish to a coin-sized snake, meet 2025’s real-life “Lazarus species.”

In this episode of THE UNDEAD DIARIES, we’re diving into five animals that were lost to science (and feared extinct)… then confirmed alive again in 2025. These aren’t lab-made “de-extinctions.” These are wild survivors hiding in the margins — and the detective work it took to find them.

🧟‍♂️ THE 5 COMEBACKS (with the superpower that saved them)
1) Borna / Chel Snakehead (Channa amphibeus) — air-breathing, mud-burrowing “fish that doesn’t need the river”
2) Malleco Spiny-Chest Frog (Alsodes vittatus) — breeding-season chest spines + a 130-year map mistake
3) Barbados Threadsnake (Tetracheilostoma carlae) — the world’s smallest snake, found again after ~20 years
4) Claudia’s Killifish (Moema claudiae) — “zombie eggs” that wait out drought (diapause)
5) Fagilde’s Trapdoor Spider (Nemesia berlandi) — a hidden bunker burrow + a rhythmic tap-dance courtship

Why this matters to you: rediscovery doesn’t mean “safe.” It means we finally know where to protect — before the second chance disappears.

👇 QUESTION FOR THE PACK
Which comeback blew your mind the most — Mud Walker, Armor Frog, Coin Snake, Zombie Eggs, or Tap Dancer?

CHAPTERS
The Lazarus Protocol (why “extinct” isn’t always the end)
The Mud-Dwelling Phantom (Channa amphibeus)
The Frog with the Iron Chest (Alsodes vittatus)
The Serpent on a Coin (Barbados threadsnake)
Zombie Eggs & Time Travel (Moema claudiae + diapause)
The Dancer in the Dark (Nemesia berlandi)
Key Takeaways + what we can do next

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SOURCES:
Channa amphibeus (Chel/Borna snakehead) — primary paper (abstract; PDF paywalled):
https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/z...

Chel snakehead rediscovery reporting/interview:
https://www.globalissues.org/news/202...

Alsodes vittatus rediscovery paper (full text on PubMed Central):
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...

Coverage of Alsodes vittatus rediscovery:
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/anim...
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-frog-ex...

Barbados threadsnake press release:
https://www.rewild.org/press/barbados...

AP coverage of Barbados threadsnake:
https://apnews.com/article/barbados-t...

Moema claudiae rediscovery coverage:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-redisco...
https://blog.pensoft.net/2025/11/14/a...

Annual killifish diapause background (open access):
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...

Nemesia berlandi (Fagilde’s trapdoor spider) press release:
https://www.rewild.org/press/lost-tap...

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