Receiving a rare individual of clouded monitor lizard

That was an interesting discovery that Mrs. Hoang Kim Quy, an officer of the Forest Protection Department of Hue city informed on the afternoon of November 3.

Bach Ma National Park was approved to establish by the Government in 1991, with an area of ​​22,031 hectares and a buffer zone of 21,300 hectares, with a diverse and rich ecosystem. In which, Insects has 894 species, 580 varieties, 125 families, and 17 branches; Fish has 57 species, 48 ​​ varieties, 17 families, and 6 branches; Amphibian has 21 species, 7 varieties, 5 families, and 1 branch; Reptile-Amphibian has 31 species, 24 varieties, 10 families, and 2 branches; Bird has 358 species, 186 varieties, 55 families, and 15 branches; Mammal has 132 species, 72 varieties, 28 families, and 10 branches. Among them, there are many rare and precious species such as Pygathrix nemaeus, Truong Son muntjak (Caninmuntiacus truongsonensis), Takydromus sexlineatus, and rare and precious birds, etc.

This fish had been caught by a fisherman in Phu Loc district (Thua Thien Hue province) in the lagoon and then sold to a trader. It was about 5 kilos in weight, about 60 centimeters in length, and over 20 centimeters in width, with beautiful sparkling golden scales.

On August 14, Phu Loc District Forest Protection Department (Thua Thien Hue province) said that a red-shanked douc (pygathrix nemaeus), which had strayed into the garden of a local house, had been successfully rescued by the department, taken care of and prepared to be handed over to the Endangered Primate Rescue Center (EPRC) of Cuc Phuong National Park.