Discover 200 new creatures

Scientists from the International Conservation Organization (CI) in cooperation with Papua New Guinea's Biological Research Institute conducted a survey and looked for new organisms in the forests around the two Nakanai mountains. and Muller in Papua New Guinea in 2009.

As a result, the survey team discovered more than 200 new organisms in this area, including: 2 mammal species, 24 species of frogs, 9 species of plants, nearly 100 insect species such as dragonflies, crickets, ants and about 100 species of spiders.

Among the species found, most notably the beautiful white-tailed rat , the long snout frog , the pink-eyed leaf bug . Scientists assess these findings to be of great importance before the UN conference on biodiversity will take place in Japan next week.

Below are some pictures of newly discovered creatures in Papua New Guinea:

Fruit-eating bats with very long noses.


The pink eye leaf bug was first discovered. This insect mainly feeds on the petals of tall trees.


A completely new orange spider.


New white tail mice were discovered. This rat species often lives on trees in the forests of Papua New Guinea.


The muzzle is long and tiny (only 2cm).


Litoria yellow frog with many small spots discovered in the mountains of Muller.


A marsupial with characteristic black and white stripes on the head.

European elephants have never been discovered before.


Big black ants.