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Researchers discover over 350 new Species
8.10.09 - The Yeti or Abominable Snowman, a mythological creature and an ape-like cryptid said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal and Tibet, is not among the 350 new species that researchers discovered in the fragile Eastern Himalayas.
However the world's smallest deer, a "flying frog" and a 100 million-year old gecko are among them.
If you imagine the Himalaya to be the travel destination for only serious rock climbers, than you are mistaken. The Himalaya Range or Himalayas is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The flora and fauna of the Himalayas varies with climate, rainfall, altitude, and soils. The climate ranges from tropical at the base of the mountains to permanent ice and snow at the highest elevations.
In a recent report published by the WWF researchers revealed their exciting discoveries of over 350 new species over the last decade. Unfortunately some of them are endangered by rising global temperatures.
One of the most exciting discoveries are the ones of a bright green frog that uses its red and long webbed feet to glide in the air.
Another significant finding was not exactly "new" in the classic sense. A 100-million year-old gecko, the oldest fossil gecko species known to science, was discovered in an amber mine in the Hukawng Valley in the northern Myanmar.
The report also mentions the miniature muntjac, also called the "leaf deer," which is the world's oldest and smallest deer species. Scientists initially believed the small creature found in the world's largest mountain range was a juvenile of another species but DNA tests confirmed the light brown animal with innocent dark eyes was a distinct and new species.
The findings were made in a region reaching across Bhutan and north-east India to the far north of Myanmar as well as Nepal and southern parts of Tibet Autonomus Region (China).
Bengal Tigers
According to the
report
the Eastern Himalayas harbor a staggering 10,000 plant species, 300 mammal species, 977 bird species, 176 reptiles, 105 amphibians and 269 types of freshwater fish. The region also has the highest density of Bengal tigers in the world and is the last bastion of the charismatic greater one-horned rhino.
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Discovered Species
Amolops Assamensis
Channa Aaurantimaculata
Jabouilleia Naungmungensis
Leaf Deer
Leptobrachium Smithi
Liocichla Bugunorum
Lycodon Zawi
Trimeresurus_viper
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