New Species Teem in Cambodia’s Threatened Karst

Fri Aug 08 2025
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PHNOM PROEK, CAMBODIA, Cambodia: A biologist might go a lifetime without discovering a new species. It took a team exploring Cambodia’s limestone karst a single night to find three.
The trio of newly discovered geckos illustrates the incredible and often overlooked biodiversity in these harshly beautiful landscapes, and the risks posed by the cement industry’s appetite for limestone.— Suy Se/AFPTV/AFP

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