The newly discovered Dalai Mountain blind lizard (Dibamus dalaiensis). Photo courtesy of Fauna & Flora International.No limbs or sight needed: bizarre new lizard uncovered in Cambodia
By Jeremy Hance
mongabay.com
May 09, 2011
A new species of legless lizard has been discovered in Cambodia. Herpetologist Neang Thy uncovered, literally, the new species when he turned over a log in the species-rich Cardamom Mountains. While the new lizard looks like a snake or a big earthworm, it is in fact a lizard belong to the Dibamidae family. These bizarre reptiles spend much of their lives burrowing underground for insects, which has allowed them to lose the need for limbs.
"At first I thought it was a common species," Thy, who works with the Ministry of Environment and the conservation organization Fauna & Flora International (FFI), said in a press release, "but looking closer I realized it was something I didn’t recognize."
Thy dubbed the new species the Dalai Mountain blind lizard (Dibamus dalaiensis) for the mountain on which it was discovered in Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary. This is the first time a species from the Dibamus genus has been found in Cambodia.
The discovery is also notable because it is the first time a new species has been described by a Cambodian national.
"For one of our national colleagues to discover this unusual species and make the description is particularly satisfying," said Berry Mulligan, FFI’s manager in Cambodia. "It shows that the capacity of Cambodian scientists is now reaching an international standard."
By Jeremy Hance
mongabay.com
May 09, 2011
A new species of legless lizard has been discovered in Cambodia. Herpetologist Neang Thy uncovered, literally, the new species when he turned over a log in the species-rich Cardamom Mountains. While the new lizard looks like a snake or a big earthworm, it is in fact a lizard belong to the Dibamidae family. These bizarre reptiles spend much of their lives burrowing underground for insects, which has allowed them to lose the need for limbs.
"At first I thought it was a common species," Thy, who works with the Ministry of Environment and the conservation organization Fauna & Flora International (FFI), said in a press release, "but looking closer I realized it was something I didn’t recognize."
Thy dubbed the new species the Dalai Mountain blind lizard (Dibamus dalaiensis) for the mountain on which it was discovered in Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary. This is the first time a species from the Dibamus genus has been found in Cambodia.
The discovery is also notable because it is the first time a new species has been described by a Cambodian national.
"For one of our national colleagues to discover this unusual species and make the description is particularly satisfying," said Berry Mulligan, FFI’s manager in Cambodia. "It shows that the capacity of Cambodian scientists is now reaching an international standard."
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The new policy of Hun Sen regime today is to kill all Ex Khmer Rouge because they are the true Khmer patriot that can be harmful to Hun Sen regime as Vietnam slave.
Hun Sen regime sends all Ex Khmer rouge soldiers to frontline fighting with Thai army without enough weapons and foods. Hun Sen ordered the front line army do not fire back to Thai Army while they bomb Ex Khmer Rouge over 50 000 shells. These actions are representing very clear that Hun Sen is trying to clear or kill all Ex Khmer Rouge army by using Thai hands.
The true and real Khmer patriots are the enemy of Hun Sen regime. Vietnam is scare of Ex Khmer Rouge Soldiers as they have been defeat Vietnam army (Over 100 000 Vietnam soldiers have been killed by EX Khmer Rouge Army in Cambodia. That is lead to Vietnam withdraw out of Cambodia) before 1993.
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