Blind, Legless Lizard Discovered—New Species. A new species of blind, legless lizard has been found in the mountains of Cambodia, conservationists announced.
The 6-inch-long (15-centimeter-long) reptile, called Dibamus dalaiensis, is the first of its kind discovered in the Southeast Asian country. The animal joins more than 200 legless lizard species and about 50 other new reptiles discovered worldwide in the past decade. Herpetologist Neang Thy of Fauna & Flora International recently found the new species under a log in the Cardamom Mountains (map), in the southwestern part of the country. "At first I thought it was a common species," Thy said in a press release.
"But looking closer, I realized it was something I didn't recognize. " How did life originate? How did life originate?
Living things (even ancient organisms like bacteria) are enormously complex. However, all this complexity did not leap fully-formed from the primordial soup. Instead life almost certainly originated in a series of small steps, each building upon the complexity that evolved previously: Simple organic molecules were formed. Y'Know the Flying Dragons in Avatar? Tiny Real-Life Version Photographed in Indonesia. Click for slideshow.
Photo: Reddit user Biophilia_curiosus Can't Wait Until They Find the Full-Sized Species... A Reddit.com user by the name of Biophilia_curiosus posted a few photos that he took in Indonesia. They show an amazing species of gliding lizard which basically looks like a miniature dragon. Rankspeculation - io9.