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Environment

New species discovered in Greater Mekong region – in pictures

New species in Mekong : New species in Mekong
The Khone Falls, Laos, in the Mekong river ecoregion
Photograph: World Wildlife Fund Cambodia/EPA
New species in Mekong : New species in Mekong
A small, distinctive bird living in the rocky forests of the Annamite mountain range in Laos and Vietnam, which was described for the first time in January 2010
Photograph: World Wildlife Fund Cambodia/EPA
New species in Mekong : New species in Mekong
This image provided by Fauna & Flora International depicts a monkey with an 'Elvis' hairdo, discovered in Burma in 2010 Photograph: Martin Aveling/AP
New species in Mekong : New species in Mekong
A psychedelic gecko (Cnemaspis psychedelica)
Photograph: L Lee Grismer/AFP/Getty Images
New species in Mekong : New species in Mekong
A new frog species (Amolops akhaorum). Seven new frog species from the Greater Mekong region were discovered in 2010
Photograph: World Wildlife Fund Cambodia/EPA
New species in Mekong : New species in Mekong
A new species of newt which was discovered in Laos in 2010
Photograph: World Wildlife Fund Cambodia/EPA
New species in Mekong : New species in Mekong
An orchid with thick glossy white and orange flowers, newly identified after being collected by a local plant hunter and handed to orchid experts at Kew Botanical Gardens in London Photograph: World Wildlife Fund Cambodia/handout/EPA
New species in Mekong : New species in Mekong
The wolf snake (Lycodon synaptor), spotted in Dongchuan, a mountainous region of Yunnan province, China
Photograph: World Wildlife Fund Cambodia/EPA
New species in Mekong : New species in Mekong
A self-cloning lizard (Leiolepis ngovantrii)
Photograph: Reuters
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