Topic: Fanged frog eats birds

[mishca09]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090925/ap_on_re_as/as_mekong_new_species

BANGKOK ? A gecko with leopard-like spots on its body and a fanged frog that eats birds are among 163 new species discovered last year in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia, an environmental group said Friday.
WWF International said that scientists in 2008 discovered 100 plants, 28 fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, two mammals and one bird species in the region. That works out to be about three species a week and is in addition to the 1,000 new species catalogued there from 1997 to 2007, the group said.
"After millennia in hiding these species are now finally in the spotlight, and there are clearly more waiting to be discovered," said Stuart Chapman, director of the WWF Greater Mekong Program.

[smokester]

I wonder how many new species there really are in the Mekong region?

Here's that little fanged fella.

[laama]

Probably those jungles,rivers and mountains are almost endless source to find new animal and plant species.

[Robin-Graves]

I want one!!!!!!!

I had a frog that ate live mice,, and it had rear positioned fangs,, even was a little poisonous ( I know, It bit me and my arm went numb for a couple days)