The World Wildlife Federation just announced that in 2008, scientists discovered a total of 163 new species in the Mekong River region of Southeast Asia. The new species included the following: 100 new plant species, 28 new fish, 18 reptiles, 14 amphibians, two mammals and one new bird. These finds came after their 2007 report of cataloguing 1,000 new species in the same region from 1997 to 2007.
Some of the stranger findings include the leopard spotted/cat eyed Cat Ba Leopard Gecko and the fanged Khorat big-mouthed frog that eats birds.
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