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Greater Mekong New Species Pictures

By James Wray Oct 6, 2010, 9:56 GMT

A handout made available by the World Wildlife Fund on 06 October 2010 shows the Coluberoelaps nguyenvansangi, a rare a dwarf fossorial snake found in southern Vietnam, one of 10 new reptiles described in the report 'New Blood: Greater Mekong new species discoveries 2009'. All in all, 145 new species are listed in the report. EPA/NIKOLAI ORLOV / WORLD WILDLIFE FUND HANDOTU NO SALES / EDITORIAL USE ONLY

A handout made available by the World Wildlife Fund on 06 October 2010 shows a female Protobothrops trungkhanhensis found in northern Vietnam, one of 10 new reptiles described in the report 'New Blood: Greater Mekong new species discoveries 2009'. All in all, 145 new species are listed in the report. EPA/NIKOLAI ORLOV / WORLD WILDLIFE FUND HANDOTU NO SALES / EDITORIAL USE ONLY

A handout made available by the World Wildlife Fund on 06 October 2010 shows Murina eleryi (Eleryi's tube-nosed bat), found in northern Vietnam, one of two bats amongst the five new mammals described in the report 'New Blood: Greater Mekong new species discoveries 2009'. All in all, 145 new species are listed in the report. EPA/NEIL FUREY / WORLD WILDLIFE FUND HANDOTU NO SALES / EDITORIAL USE ONLY

A handout made available by the World Wildlife Fund on 06 October 2010 shows Danio tinwini, a spotted Danio fish found in Myanmar, one of 26 new fish described in the report 'New Blood: Greater Mekong new species discoveries 2009'. All in all, 145 new species are listed in the report. EPA/SVEN KULLANDER / WORLD WILDLIFE FUND HANDOTU NO SALES / EDITORIAL USE ONLY

A handout made available by the World Wildlife Fund on 06 October 2010 shows the Nepenthes bokorensis, found on Cambodia's Bokor Hill, one of 96 new plants described in the report 'New Blood: Greater Mekong new species discoveries 2009'. All in all, 145 new species are listed in the report. EPA/FRANCOIS MAY / WORLD WILDLIFE FUND HANDOTU NO SALES / EDITORIAL USE ONLY

A handout made available by the World Wildlife Fund on 06 October 2010 shows the Bare-Faced Bulbul, only known to live in the sparse, deciduous forest on limestone karsts in central Laos, the first bulbul discovered in Asia in a century, and Asia's only known species of bald songbird. The Bare-Faced Bulbul is one of 145 new species described in the report 'New Blood: Greater Mekong new species discoveries 2009'. EPA/IAIN WOXVOLD / WORLD WILDLIFE FUND HANDOUT NO SALES / EDITORIAL USE ONLY

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