New Species Discoveries in the Greater Mekong

The report documents the work of hundreds of scientists from universities, conservation organizations and research institutes around the world who discovered 173 species of vascular plants, 26 reptiles, 17 amphibians, 15 fishes and three mammals in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam. This brings the total number of vascular plants and vertebrate animals described in the Greater Mekong region since 1997 to 3,623.