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| A handout photo released by Conservation International shows a new lizard species at Ratanak Kiri province, some 600 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh |
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| Graphic on the new lizard species discovered in the rainforest in northeast Cambodia, Conservation International said |
By AFP
A new species of lizard with striking iridescent rainbow skin, a long tail and very short legs has been discovered in the rainforest in northeast Cambodia, conservationists announced.
Scientists named the skink Lygosoma veunsaiensis to honour the Veun Sai-Siem Pang Conservation Area in Rattanakiri province where it was found, Conservation International (CI) said in a statement.
The lizard was discovered in 2010 in the remote and little-explored rainforest area during biological surveys led by Fauna & Flora International (FFI) in partnership with CI, the group said.
"These creatures are difficult to find because they spend so much of their life underground', said Neang Thy, a Cambodian national working for FFI and the first herpetologist to see the new skink.
"Some similar species are known from only a few individuals. We were very lucky to find this one," said Neang Thy.
The new species is unusual because it has very short limbs and a tail that is much longer than its main body. Its skin has a refracting quality to the scales that creates a rainbow-like effect in sunlight, the group said.
The lizard was the third new species in the last two years to be found in Veun Sai, following the discovery of a new type of bat and a gibbon.
4 comments:
These lizard has a pretty color!!May,It' is magic to bite all veitnam.Thanks for your stuff inform.
in khmer we called this lizard "t'laen". but what make this specie is unique is it's long snake-like tail, i think. t'laen is kind of hard for westerners to say in khmer, so i encourage everyone who want to learn to pronounce khmer words to ask the educated or literate native khmer to say it to you, ok. it takes practice to say it right in khmer, don't get discourage, keep trying, really. the more you hear khmer people say it, the more you will get it right eventually, really! have fun learning khmer for a change! god bless our beautiful khmer language.
There many in Cambodia not just in that region, when I was younger I played with it, cutting it tail to scare my friends as a snake. back in 1964 and 70, in region of nort western Provinces. There are two difference spices as I have known during my childhood, one is about 12 inches long color oily dark blue more atractive than this one.This one is simple Snaks-Klain or (Poiss-Klain)KHMER WORD in my area. The one I have mentioned abow is more likly snake than lezard, How thay leave! normally living just under death leafs and tweets in moisture area, or around the house fances.
Yo!Yo!Borng Or Sir!Your comment da is droll!!But for me it's made me afraid.Indeed,Bless a pretty color!!Thanks you Sir that you show a real language khms.I'm also like these!!
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