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(N.A.). (December 13, 2011). New species fond in Mekong. http://www.asianscientist.com/topnews/wwf-wild-mekong-report-new-species-elvis-monkey-self-cloning-female-lizard-psychedelic-gecko-2011/ This article explains about the new species found in Vietnam. It mostly talks about the new lizard found. The lizard is very colorful with bright orange appendages a dense, yellow neck overlying thick, black, lines and a blue gray body bearing yellow bars on its bright orange sides. It also talks about the other 208 new species found around the same areas over Vietnam. It also talks about a new bird found in January of 2010.

(Rob Waugh). (December 13, 2011). New species of lizard found in Vietnam - On restaurant menu. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2073466/New-species-lizard-Vietnam--restaurant-menu.html This article mainly talks about the new lizard and how it was found. They say it was spotted on a restaurant menu. This self cloning lizard which are all females were spotted by chance. The lizards were found in a region that is threatened by habitat loss. This area is so biologically rich a new species is found almost every day.

(N.A.). (December 25, 2011). Gecko in Vietnam is new species. http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/gecko-in-vietnam-is-new-species/article_553dd37e-d631-5366-850b-ab8ba9e5712a.html This article is mainly about the new lizard found. It also mentions the monkey with the Elvis haircut. A gecko and a monkey with an "Elvis" hairdo are among 208 new species described last year by scientists in the Mekong. The animals were discovered in a biodiverse region that is threatened by habitat loss, deforestation, climate change and development. The region is home to some of the world's most endangered species, including tigers, Asian elephants, Mekong dolphins and Mekong giant catfish.

(N.A). (December 13, 2011).New species of lizard found in Vietnam! http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/new-species-of-lizard-found-in-vietnam_746783.html This article mainly talks abut the new species of monkey.The newly described species include what the wwf group described as a psychedelic gecko in southern Vietnam and a nose-less monkey in a remote province of Myanmar with an odd Elvis-like hairstyle.This monkey has also been found in a bio diverse region. They said this region is extremely fragile and is richness in terms of biodiversity.