Sad thing is, many rare creatures are smuggles out of the Philippines. They have wonderful lizards, very rare (rather rarely studied)Caecilians and the darned cutest Tarsiers in the world.
Seriously, Philippines has some of the greatest biodiversity in the world, and yet people don't really study it there as much as it should be done. I can tell you many sad stories about how nature is being destroyed there, but I will not. Heck one of the worlds most rare freshwater crocs are endemic to there.