Newslink : Rainbow snake, tiny frog among new Mekong species

in #newslink8 years ago

A  rainbow-headed snake, a tiny frog and a lizard with dragon-like horns  are among more than 150 new species confirmed by scientists last year in  the ecologically diverse but threatened Mekong region, researchers said  on Monday.  
Winding its way from  the Tibetan plateau through the mountains and jungles of Southeast Asia,  the Mekong river helps sustain one of the most diverse regions on the  planet.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-12-rainbow-snake-tiny-frog-mekong.html#jCp                                

Sort:  

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.18
TRX 0.13
JST 0.028
BTC 58484.86
ETH 3100.06
USDT 1.00
SBD 2.40