Himalayan find: 200 new species include 'walking' fish & 'sneezing' monkey - According to a new report by WWF, 200 new species have been discovered in the fragile eastern Himalayas.

A report on wildlife in Nepal, Bhutan, the far north of Myanmar, southern Tibet and north-eastern India by The World Wildlife Fund stated that discoveries in the past five years include 133 plants 26 species of fish, 10 new amp amphibians, one reptile, one bird and one mammal.

The report said, "Some of the most striking discoveries include a vibrant blue dwarf walking snakehead fish, which can breathe atmospheric air and survive on land for up to four days, although moving in a manner much clumsier than a slithering snake."

The report mentions about an ill-fated monkey whose upturned nose leads to a sneeze every time the rain falls and a living gem -the bejeweled lance-headed pit viper, which could pass as an intricate crafted piece of jewellery.

Scientists on Monday announced the discovery in northwestern New Mexico's deserts of the fossil remains of Kimbetopsalis simmonsae, a plant-eating, rodent-like mammal which has bucktoothed incisors like a beaver that survived just a few hundred thousand years after the mass extinction.