The World Nature Fund said there were at least 441 animal and plant species discovered in remote areas of the Amazon forest.
The researchers searched the area from 2010 to 2013 and found 258 species of plants, 84 species of fish, 22 species of reptiles, 18 species of birds and a new species of mammal, a new species of monkey. Many of them are believed to be special species of this tropical forest and cannot be found anywhere else.
Below are pictures of some species:
Lizard Cercosaura hypnoides - Colombia
Orchids Sobralia imavieirae - Brazil
Fish Tometes camunani - Brazil, a new Piranha fish
Frog Allobates amissibilis - Guyana, this species is in danger of extinction
Snake Chironius challenger - Guyana and Venezuela
Fish Dicrossus warzeli - Brazil
Lizard Gonatodes timidus - Guyana
Passiflora flower longifilamentosa - Brazil
