http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/12/21/scientists-discover-over-100-new-species-including-crocodile-lizard-snail-eating-turtle.htmlIn recent discoveries scientist have recently discovered a total of 115 new species that are located in Southeast Asia. The new species are know to be a strange group of species according to many reports. The discoveries were made in 2016, but they include two fish, three mammals, 11 amphibians,11 reptiles,and 88 plant species.In the area around the Mekong River in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.One of the new species is the Vietnamese crocodile lizard. Which is a medium-sized lizard that lives in the evergreen and freshwater forest habitats of South China and Northern Vietnam.The WWF has given warnings stating that lizards are heavily threatened by habitat destruction,coal mining, and collection of pet trade and only 200 remain in Vietnam. Sail eating was discovered at local market in Northeast Thailand. Dr. Montri Sumontha noticed the turtles and realized how different they were and when he asked the owners of them about them they said they caught them by a near by canal. Dr. Montri Sumontha warns that the turtle is threatened by local infrastructure such as dikes and dams, and has called for protection under Thai law.mountain horseshoe bat, which was found in the evergreen forests of mountainous Laos and Thailand and took 10 years to confirm as a new species
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