Strange animals in the Mekong Subregion

According to the WWF Wildlife Conservation Fund, over the past decade there have been more than 1,000 new species recorded in the Mekong Subregion in Southeast Asia, such as green snakes, red dragon centipedes .
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Among the new species discovered in the Mekong Subregion contains 22 species of snakes, including snakewood Trimeresurus gumprechti.

Dragon centipede (Desmoxytes purpurosea) was discovered by scientists in 2007 in Thailand. According to researchers, the red color of this species is a warning for opponents who want to eat them. Dragon centipedes have glands that can produce cyanide poison (cyanide) for self-defense.

Laotian aenigmamus (Laonastes aenigmamus) is found at a food market in Laos. What is remarkable is that the scientists identified this as the only surviving species of an ancient rodent that was thought to be extinct 11 million years ago.

Spider poison giant Heteropoda found in forests in northern and central Laos. This nocturnal spider species lurks prey from bushes or bamboo bushes about 2 to 4 meters above the ground.

Chiromantis samkosensis frog found in Cambodia. They have some characteristics unlike other Asian Chiromantis frogs, such as blue blood and turquoise bones.

Gecko Gekko scientiadventura is among the new species discovered in the Mekong Subregion, the region of six countries: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China (Yunnan province).

The Mekong River Delta in Vietnam looks from the universe with 9 estuaries into the sea, carrying a huge amount of alluvial gold dyed all over the coast. This is the longest river in Southeast Asia and the 12th longest in the world.

Photo: Time.