Vietnam:
Officials try to trace 'mystery amphibian'
By News from Elsewhere...
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.
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