Vietnam Officials try to trace 'mystery amphibian'
7 Mar BBC
Officials in Vietnam are on the hunt for a mystery amphibian which
was apparently captured and then sold in the north of the country, it's
reported.
Photos of the metre-long animal were posted on Facebook by a man who
says he pulled it from a pond near his home in the Vinh Phuc region,
Thanh Nien News website reports. But local environment officials don't
know what it is, despite searching records of native species. While it
bears some resemblance to a giant salamander, native to neighbouring
China, officials say even if it's a related species there is no
explanation for how it came to be found hundreds of miles away in
northern Vietnam. And tracking it down now could prove tricky - the man
who uploaded the images told Thanh Nien News that he has sold it, and
won't give any more details. |