Pygmy python (Python kyaiktiyo). This 1.5m-long python was found in a small dry streambed in the Kyaiktiyo wildlife sanctuary in Burma. Its mountainous habitat, straddling the Thai-Burmese border, is known as the Dawna-Tenasserim landscape and is one of the highest priority conservation areas in the world for tigers and Asian elephants. Given the high value of pythons on the international pet market, and the beauty and rarity of this new species, Python kyaiktiyo is very likely to be at immediate risk

Photograph: George Zug, Division of Amphibians & Reptiles, National Museum of Natural History-Smithsonian/WWF