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In Pictures: 'WWF New Species at Risk'
By James Wray Sep 25, 2009, 14:46 GMT
An undated handout picture made available by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 25 September 2009 shows a Cat Ba leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus catbaensis) found exclusively in Cat Ba Island National Park in northern Vietnam. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / THOMAS ZIEGLER / HANDOUT
An undated handout picture made available by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 25 September 2009 shows a new half-metre-long snake (Oligodon deuvei) which has so far been recorded in southern Vietnam, Vientiane and its vicinity in Lao PDR and Pursat Province in Cambodia. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / LEE GRISMER / HANDOUT
An undated handout picture made available by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 25 September 2009 shows a wild banana (Musa rubinea) known only in the Nujiang watershed, Cangyan County in the western Chinese province of Yunnan on the border with Myanmar. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / HANDOUT / MARKKU HAKKINEN
An undated handout picture made available by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 25 September 2009 shows a Cat Ba leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus catbaensis) found exclusively in Cat Ba Island National Park in northern Vietnam. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / THOMAS ZIEGLER / HANDOUT
An undated handout picture made available on 25 September 2009 by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) shows a Cat Ba leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus catbaensis) found exclusively in Cat Ba Island National Park in northern Vietnam. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / THOMAS ZIEGLER / HANDOUT
An undated handout made available on 25 September 2009 by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) shows a Cat Ba leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus catbaensis) found exclusively in Cat Ba Island National Park in northern Vietnam. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / THOMAS ZIEGLER / HANDOUT
A handout picture made available by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 25 September 2009 shows a Khorat big-mouthed frog (Limnonectes megastomias) which has only been found in three isolated and remote locations in a protected area in Thailand. The frog’s fangs protrude from its bottom jawbone and it is known to be an opportunistic eater, lying and waiting for prey in streams. The species is known to eat birds as feathers were found in its faeces. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / DAVID S MCLEOD / HANDOUT
An undated handout picture made available by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 25 September 2009 shows a wild banana (Musa rubinea) known only in the Nujiang watershed, Cangyan County in the western Chinese province of Yunnan on the border with Myanmar. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / HANDOUT / MARKKU HAKKINEN
An undated handout image made available by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 25 September 2009 shows a Cat Ba leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus catbaensis) found exclusively in Cat Ba Island National Park in northern Vietnam. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / THOMAS ZIEGLER / HANDOUT
An undated handout made available by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 25 September 2009 shows a Nonggang babbler (Stachyris nonggangensis) which was discovered in the karst rainforest of the Nonggang Natural Reserve, located in south Guangxi province of China near the Vietnamese border. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / JAMES EATON / HANDOUT
An undated handout picture made available by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 25 September 2009 shows a rough-coated tree frog (Philautus quyeti) which was discovered in Vietnam’s Truong Son mountain range. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / RALPH HENDRIX/ HANDOUT
An undated handout made available on 25 September 2009 by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) shows a Cat Ba leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus catbaensis) found exclusively in Cat Ba Island National Park in northern Vietnam. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / THOMAS ZIEGLER / HANDOUT
An undated handout made available on 25 September 2009 by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) shows a Cat Ba leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus catbaensis) found exclusively in Cat Ba Island National Park in northern Vietnam. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / THOMAS ZIEGLER / HANDOUT
An undated handout image made available by the World Wildlife Fund on 25 September 2009 shows a gecko (Cnemaspis biocellata) endemic to the isolated karsts of the Nakawan Range spanning the Thai-Malaysian border. It is one of some 163 species discovered in the Greater Mekong River region in 2008, which are now at risk of extinction due to climate change, according to a World Wildlife Fund report disclosed on 25 September 2009. EPA/WWF / LEE GRISMER / HANDOUT
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