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New Mekong Species

GeckoScientists identified 163 new plant, fish, reptile, amphibian, mammal and bird species last year in the Mekong Delta area. The discoveries, announced by the World Wildlife Fund, included a gecko with an orange and brown body and a black and white tail, a tiger-striped pit viper, a tree frog with rough skin and many more.

The Greater Mekong includes parts of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China.

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Comments about “New Mekong Species”

  1. Anonymous says:
    October 5, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    I think that the geko look,s cool and that thay shod not cut down tree,s

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  2. commandercody says:
    October 4, 2009 at 1:52 pm

    it’s cool, and we should not be cutting down the rain forests!

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  3. 2nd class rank says:
    October 3, 2009 at 7:23 am

    freaky!

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  4. me says:
    October 1, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    it has cool eyes

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  5. THEMAN says:
    September 30, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    sweet :)

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  6. me says:
    September 28, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    wow, these are awesome. is the viper poisenous?

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