The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has announced the list of 145 newspecies discovered in the Mekong River region since 2009 as aproof for the “biological treasure” of the river.
Among newly-recorded plants, three were in Cambodia , including acarnivorous plant named Nepenthes Bokorensis in the Cambodian southernprovince of Kampot . It has a climbing length of up to seven metres,with insect-trapping pitchers that can grow to 25 cm and roots can beused as concoction to ease body pain.
According tothe WWF, scientists are making proposals to include the carnivorousplant in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The other species discovered in the country were a tropical herb inRatanakkiri province and a yellow-flowered plant in northern Cambodia. The latter was also found in Southeastern Thailand .
In Vietnam, a frog that sounds like a cricket was found in the centralprovince of Quang Nam while a fish, measuring up to 17mm, with fangs atthe front of each jaw was found in a small stream in Myanmar.
Other 58 species were also discovered in Thailand .
From 1997 to 2008, 1,231 new species were found in the Mekong riverbasin, however, biodiversity of the basin is seriously threatened, theWWF said./.
Among newly-recorded plants, three were in Cambodia , including acarnivorous plant named Nepenthes Bokorensis in the Cambodian southernprovince of Kampot . It has a climbing length of up to seven metres,with insect-trapping pitchers that can grow to 25 cm and roots can beused as concoction to ease body pain.
According tothe WWF, scientists are making proposals to include the carnivorousplant in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
The other species discovered in the country were a tropical herb inRatanakkiri province and a yellow-flowered plant in northern Cambodia. The latter was also found in Southeastern Thailand .
In Vietnam, a frog that sounds like a cricket was found in the centralprovince of Quang Nam while a fish, measuring up to 17mm, with fangs atthe front of each jaw was found in a small stream in Myanmar.
Other 58 species were also discovered in Thailand .
From 1997 to 2008, 1,231 new species were found in the Mekong riverbasin, however, biodiversity of the basin is seriously threatened, theWWF said./.
