The "shocking pink" dragon millipede, found by a zoological exploration team in Thailand, was named one of the Top 10 species discovered in 2007 by the International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE) based at Arizona State University. According to a December 2008 report from the World Wildlife Fund, the bright pink dragon millipede is one of more than 1,000 new species discovered or identified between 1997 and 2007 in the Greater Mekong region, which includes parts of Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.World Wildlife Fund: More than 1000 New Species Discovered in Rivers, Jungles...

Colored a bright pink, researchers believe the dragon millipede wards off predators to its toxicity. Millipedes have glands that produce cyanide. The dragon millipede was discovered in a collapsed Permian limestone cavern in Thailand.

In December 2008, the World Wildlife Fund said that scientists had discovered or identified 1068 new species in the Greater Mekong Region of Southeast Asia between 1997 and 2007. Among the discoveries: the Heteropoda maxima, a variety of huntsman spider, and the Laotian rock rat, thought to be extinct 11 million years ago.World Wildlife Fund: More than 1000 New Species Discovered in Rivers, Jungles...