VietNamNet Bridge - The World Wide Fund (WWF) has discovered three news species in Vietnam, including split-nostril Bat, cricket frog, and fangless snake.

Mekong bat or split-nostril bat (Murina eleryi), spotted in a forest in northern Vietnam, is one of the 145 new species discovered in Southeast Asia's Greater Mekong region in 2009 and recently highlighted in a report by WWF.

The cricket frog (Leptolalax applebyi), a small and mottled amphibian, was found hiding in a pile of leaves in the central province of Quang Nam.

The fangless snake is one of ten reptiles discovered in the Greater Mekong region in 2009. This snake was found in the central province of Lam Dong.

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