Friday, April 23, 2010

Dendrelaphis kopsteini, one of new discoveries


This undated photo released by the World Wildlife Fund shows a Dendrelaphis kopsteini,one of the new discoveries in Borneo, a snake that has a bright orange, almost flame-like, neck coloration that gradually fuses into an extraordinary iridescent and vivid blue, green and brown pattern. When threatened it flares its nape, revealing bright orange colors. A lung-less frog, a frog that flies and a slug that shoots love darts are among 123 new species discovered in Borneo since 2007, the result of a three-nation project backed by the WWF to conserve one of the oldest rainforests in the world.

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