New species discovered in Greater Mekong region – in pictures

The Khone Falls, Laos, in the Mekong river ecoregion
Photograph: World Wildlife Fund Cambodia/EPA

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

This image provided by Fauna & Flora International depicts a monkey with an 'Elvis' hairdo, discovered in Burma in 2010 Photograph: Martin Aveling/AP

A psychedelic gecko (Cnemaspis psychedelica)
Photograph: L Lee Grismer/AFP/Getty Images

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

A new species of newt which was discovered in Laos in 2010
Photograph: World Wildlife Fund Cambodia/EPA

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

The wolf snake (Lycodon synaptor), spotted in Dongchuan, a mountainous region of Yunnan province, China
Photograph: World Wildlife Fund Cambodia/EPA

A self-cloning lizard (Leiolepis ngovantrii)
Photograph: Reuters