Cat Ba leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus catbaensis) found exclusively in Cat Ba Island National Park in northern Vietnam. This species was one of the new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia during 2008.

Khorat big-mouthed frog (Limnonectes megastomias), found only in three isolated and remote locations in a protected area in Thailand. The frog's fangs protrude from its bottom jawbone and it is known to be an opportunistic eater, lying and waiting for prey in streams. The species is known to eat birds as feathers were found in its faeces. This species was one of the new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia during 2008.

Nonggang babbler (Stachyris nonggangensis) was discovered in the karst rainforest of the Nonggang Natural Reserve, located in south Guangxi province of China near the Vietnamese border. This is one of the new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region in 2008.

Tiger-striped pitviper (Cryptelytrops honsonensis), endemic to Hon Son Island in Rach Gia Bay in the Kien Giang Province of souhern Vietnam. This species was one of the new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region of southeast Asia during 2008.

Cat Ba leopard gecko (Goniurosaurus catbaensis) found exclusively in Cat Ba Island National Park in northern Vietnam. This species was one of the new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia during 2008.

This new half-metre-long snake (Oligodon deuvei), which has so far been recorded in southern Vietnam, Vientiane and its vicinity in Lao PDR, and Pursat Province in Cambodia. This is one of the new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region in 2008.

Khorat big-mouthed frog (Limnonectes megastomias), which has only been found in three isolated and remote locations in a protected area in Thailand. The frog's fangs protrude from its bottom jawbone and it is known to be an opportunistic eater, lying and waiting for prey in streams. The species is known to eat birds as feathers were found in its faeces. This species was one of the new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia during 2008.

This gecko (Cnemaspis biocellata), endemic to the isolated karsts of the Nakawan Range spanning the Thai-Malaysian border. This species was one of the new species discovered in the Greater Mekong region of Southeast Asia during 2008.

M.rubinea (Markku Häkkinen)