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Treasures of the Mekong

New species found along Asian river

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• Trinh Viet Cuong FFI

• Aeschynanthus mendumiae, a newly found flowering plant from the Mekong valley in Laos, part of a new report from the World Wife Fund for Nature.
• A dragon millipede, Desmoxytes purpurosea, from the Thai side of the Mekong river, part of a new report from the World Wife Fund for Nature.
• Gumprecht's green pit viper, found through most of the Mekong valley, part of a new report from the World Wife Fund for Nature.
• A gentian flower from Khammouan Province in Laos, part of a new report from the World Wife Fund for Nature.
• Heteropoda maxima, a huntsman spider a foot across found in Khammouan Province, Laos, part of a new report from the World Wife Fund for Nature.
• The Laotian rock rat, which may be the sole member of a completely new family or the last member of almost extinct family, part of a new report from the World Wife Fund for Nature.
• Lygosoma boehmei, a skink from the Vietnamese end of the Mekong valley, part of a new report from the World Wife Fund for Nature.
• The Ammanite striped rabbit, Nesolagus timminsi, found along the Mekong river in Laos and Vietnam.

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