A Vietnamese crocodile-tailed lizard that looks like a cartoon character, a horseshoe bat that wouldn't look out of place in a Star Wars movie, and a carnivorous freshwater turtle that eats snails. These are 3 of a total of 115 special new species discovered by scientists in 2016 in the Mekong region; Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has bundled the 3 new mammal species, 11 reptiles, 11 amphibians, 2 fish species and 88 plant species in the Stranger Species report.

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