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| Front cover photo: A visually stunning ‘yin-yang’ frog (Leptobrachium leucops), just one of five new amphibian species discovered in the region in 2011 © Jodi J. L. Rowley/Australian Museum. |
Extra Terrestrial
Extraordinary new species discoveries in 2011 from the Greater Mekong
126 new species have been discovered in the Greater Mekong in the past year. The total newly identified by scientists in 2011 includes 82 plants, 21 reptiles, 13 fish, 5 amphibians, and 5 mammals
Bangana musaei Boraras naevus
Trimeresurus rubeus Leptobrachium leucops
Extra Terrestrial
| Extraordinary new species discoveries in 2011 from the Greater Mekong
