In 2010, Ngo Van Tri, of the Vietnam Academy of Science and

Technology, was at a small village restaurant.

While he was eating, he saw a box of lizards on a cooking bench.

He thought they looked unusual, so he sent some pictures to a

biologist in America, L. Lee Grismer.

When Grismer saw the pictures he was sure the lizards were

special. He wanted to be the scientist to make the discovery, so he

got on a plane to no article Vietnam. Then he rode on a motorbike

for eight hours to get from the airport to the restaurant.

But, unfortunately, while he was travelling the restaurant owner

cooked the lizards and served them to his customers.When Grismer

arrived, they were all gone. Luckily, a nearby restaurant also had the

same kind of lizards on their menu. The species of lizard was new to

scientists-but not to the Vietnamese villagers!