A plethora of new species are discovered every day in our day to day life, especially in island countries, there are boundless possibilities. Many times there are various events in which Wildlife researchers discovered that the species they thought as endangered is not so in reality.

Something similar happened in Cambodia, the capital of Indonesia. Scientists claimed that they’ve found a clutch of eggs from one of the world’s most endangered crocodiles, raising hopes of its continuing survival in the wildlife.

The authenticated sources from the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society on Wednesday has claimed that its researchers, along with Fisheries Administration employees and local residents, found six eggs of the Siamese Crocodile in Sre Ambel District in the southern province of Koh Kong while they were actually on their way exploring for tracks, signs, and dung of the reptile. It said it was the first Siamese Crocodile nest recorded in six years of research and protection in the Sre Ambel area, Cambodia.

Sources claim that with an estimated global population of merely around 410, this crocodile is only found in few Asian countries such as Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, out of which Cambodia has the greatest number.

With the rapid shrink in the number of this reptiles, this species is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Meanwhile, in the official statement, Hul, a staff member of the Fisheries Administration was quoted saying. “To avoid any threats, we moved the eggs to a safe place to hatch and track their progress, include illegal hunting of adults and hatchlings and collecting of eggs to supply crocodile farms in Cambodia and Thailand, especially during the last two decades.”

“Degradation of habitats, decrease of natural food, low chance of breeding in the wild due to the low number of individuals in the wild and weak law enforcement such as regulations on crocodile farming and trading” is included as another way of threat, concludes Hul.