Image: David Hall

Via the International Institute for Species Exploration, the top ten new species from 2009 include a new species of edible yam from Madagascar (Dioscorea orangeana) that’s considered critically endangered and a new species of tropical pitcher plant—one of the largest known—that was named after naturalist David Attenborough—Nepenthes attenboroughii. New species of animals discovered include the psychedelic or far-out frogfish (Histiophryne psychedelica)—pictured at right and the bug-eating slug (Aiteng ater). You can nominate a species for the top ten list here.

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