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WWF: 200+ new species found in Mekong

This handout from the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) taken between 2014 and 2015 and released on Thursday shows the Pareas geminatus slug snake in Long Tien in Laos' Xaisomboun.

Scientists discovered more than 200 new species across the greater Mekong region in 2020, according to a World Wildlife Fund report, despite the threats posed by climate change and human activities such as logging.

The finds include a new primate, a colourless cavefish and an iridescent snake with an unusual non-overlapping pattern of scales.

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