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- News Source: io9 | 2 months agoJust weeks after discovering a frog with fangs in Papua New Guinea , the World Wildlife Federation is reporting another 163 new species in southeast Asia, including another frog with fangs. This new frog, discovered in Thailand, apparently feeds on...
- News Source: Times Online | 2 months agoResearchers in the Greater Mekong area of South-East Asia also found a tiger-striped pitviper, a new wild banana and, even rarer, two new types of mammal, a report for the wildlife charity WWF says. However, conservationists fear that the discoveries,...
- News Source: Inter Press Service | 2 months agoThe rich and unique biodiversity of the Mekong region, which has been discovered only since the recent years, is likely to be put at risk by environmental impacts that climate change is expected to bring, says the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) in...
- News Source: The independent | 2 months agoA gecko with spots like a leopard and a fanged frog that preys on birds are among more than 160 new species that have been discovered along the Mekong River but which face the threat of extinction as a result of climate change. Scientists in south-...
- News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | 2 months agoThe newly discovered creatures include a bird-eating frog with fangs, a bird that would rather walk than fly and a gecko whose alien appearance inspired the report's title of "Close Encounters", the conservation group said. The report was released...
- News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 2 months agoResearchers working for WWF warned that the effects of climate change, including an upsurge in droughts and floods, threaten the diverse habitat that supports these species. "Some species will be able to adapt to climate change, many will not,...
- Blog Source: www.discoveryon.infoScientists believe the frog, found in eastern Thailand, and named Limnonectes megastomias, uses fangs as intimidating as any snake's in combat with other males, as well as to catch prey. The leopard gecko, Goniurosaurus catbaensis, ... " After
- Blog Source: www.sfexaminer.com"After millennia in hiding these species are now finally in the spotlight, and there are clearly more waiting to be discovered," said Stuart Chapman, director of the WWF Greater Mekong Program. ... Given the scientific name Limnonectes megastomias,
- Blog Source: www.washingtonexaminer.comA gecko with leopard-like spots on its body and a fanged frog that eats birds are among 163 new species discovered last year in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, an environmental group said Friday. ... "Some species will be able to adapt to
- Blog Source: leavefreedom.blogspot.comAmong the rare new species identified as vulnerable in the "Close Encounters" report are a bird that would rather walk than fly, a frog with fangs and a leopard-striped gecko with orange eyes. Their habitats and the food they need for ...
- Blog Source: mouthtosource.netYet again, fab WWF discovers new species in the Greater Mekong region. Greater Mekong – A bird eating fanged frog, a gecko that looks like it's from another planet and a bird which would rather walk than fly, are among the 163 new ...
- Blog Source: www.nickvanderleek.comResearchers working for WWF warned that the effects of climate change, including an upsurge in droughts and floods, threaten the diverse habitat that supports these species. That is on top of traditional threats such as poaching, ...
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