Finding frogs, toads ... new in Lam Dong

In the last few years, scientists have discovered and published a number of new animal and plant species in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park (Lam Dong) that makes not only domestic public opinion but also special attention.

Mr. Le Van Huong - Director of National Park (Bidoup Nui Ba National Park) (Lam Dong) said: In recent years, scientists have discovered and published a number of new animal and plant species in Bidoup National Park. Nui Ba makes not only domestic public opinion but also foreign special interest.

Specifically, Australian, US and Vietnamese scientists published in Zootaxa Zoological Journal a new animal discovered in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park named 'vampire tree frog'.

Vampire tree frog has just discovered in Bidoup National Park
Nui Ba (photo provided by Bidoup Nui Ba National Park).

Bidoup Nui National Park Director Ms. Le Van Huong explains further: 'This frog species has a scientific name is Rhacophorus vampyrus . The species of 'vampire tree frog' is distinguished from other species in the same breed because their dorsal characteristics are light brown to red brick; throat, chest and abdomen are white; flanks, front and back of the thigh are black; Between the forefinger and the posterior, the skin is dark to black. This is the 17th tree frog of the genus Rhocophorus discovered, after 16 species have been discovered in Vietnam '.

Most recently, scientists have also discovered in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park a new creature called 'white eyed toad'. White-eyed eyebrows in Bidoup Nui Ba National Park have the scientific name Leptobrachium leucops . They were discovered in the forest area of ​​the Langbian plateau, located within the boundary between Lam Dong and Khanh Hoa.

Bidoup species

In terms of plants, most recently, two Vietnamese and Chinese scientists Dr. Vu Quang Nam and Dr. Nian He Xia have discovered and published in a Finnish specialized journal a new species in the National Park of Bidoup Nui. She is called 'Bidoup'.

'The place where the new plant is found is Mount Hon Giao, in an evergreen broadleaf forest at an altitude of nearly 2,000m; they grow mixed with some other species. Bidoup is the second new species of 'Ngoc Lan' family which was discovered and published in Vietnam in 2011 '- Mr. Le Van Huong added.

It is known that the terrain is strongly divided by high mountain ranges such as Bidoup (2,287m), Langbian (2,167m), Hon Giao (2,060m) ., Bidoup Nui Ba National Park is one of the 'standard' of Vietnam. and the world of biodiversity.