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Top N lists are always whimsical but this must be the best one: top 10 new species according to what?

According to this blog (http://bushwarriors.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/saying-hello-te...), which covers the same list but is more informative), thousands of species were discovered in 2010, in fact it says "A recent report suggests that three new species are being discovered in the Mekong region each week! "

Are they new species or recently discovered species?

Recently discovered species. I asked myself the same question, but then read the caption on the photo of the newly discovered leech, where it says "Scientists know of up to 700 leech species but suspect thousands more exist." But, it would be nice that even though many species face extinction today, there are new ones enriching the earth as well.

My wife is gonna love the jumping cockroaches.

Monitor lizards in the Philippines are really big. So are the iguanas.

New species