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>Date:27/09/2007 URL:

>http://www.thehindu.com/2007/09/27/stories/2007092758142200.htm

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>11 new species identified

>James Randerson

>— Photos: AFP/AP

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>FLORAL SURPRISES: Two of the species discovered in Vietnam.

>London: Eleven new species, including a snake and two butterflies, have

>been discovered in a region of Vietnam known as the Green Corridor, the

>WWF has revealed.

>Five orchids and three other plants make up the rest of the haul of

>species new to science. They all appear to be unique to Vietnam’s

>Annamites mountain range.

>Ten other plant species, including four orchids, are being examined to

>check whether they are also new to science. The area in Thua Thien Hue

>province is already renowned among conservationists following the

>discovery of several new large mammal species in the 1990s.

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>“You only discover so many new species in very special places, and the

>Green Corridor is one of them,” said Chris Dickinson, chief technical

>adviser in the area for WWF. “These latest discoveries could be just the

>tip of the iceberg,” he said.

>The new snake species, called the white-lipped keelback, lives close to

>streams where it feeds on frogs and other small animals. Its body is

>covered with red spots and it sports a yellow-white strip on its head. It

>is 80 cm long.

>Three of the new orchid species are leafless and contain no chlorophyll.

>Rather than using the sun’s energy they live on decaying matter, like many

>fungi. The other new plants include the Aspidistra nicolai, which has an

>almost black flower, and a new species of arum, the Cryptocoryne

>vietnamica. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited, 2007

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