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4 unusual facts about Mengla County


Mengla County

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is located in Menglun in Mengla County, covering an area of more than 1000 ha.

The last Indochinese tiger in the wild in China is believed to have been killed near Mengla in 2009.

A tiny frog, Raorchestes menglaensis (knonw as the Zhishihe's bubble-nest frog or Mengla small treefrog) is only known from its type locality, Zhishihe in Mengla County.

Raorchestes menglaensis

Only known from its type locality, Zhishihe in Mengla County, it is endemic to Yunnan, China, although it is expected to occur more widely, including adjacent Laos.



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