In many places, the numbers of large predators have fallen by more than 90 percent over the course of a few decades. Scientists are working feverishly to learn how this dearth of predators will affect the food chain.
The Greater Mekong region has yielded 145 plants, 28 reptiles, 25 fish, 7 amphibians, 2 mammals and 1 bird in just the last year. A closer look at the new discoveries reveal...
The new species is particularly significant as it represents the first record of a species from the genus Tylototriton from Laos, and is the southernmost known member of the Tylototriton asperrimus group in the world. The Latin name for the species, notialis meaning “southern”, refers to this.
