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Newly discovered mouse found in Papua New Guinea - An undescribed species of montane mouse documented during the Rapid Assessment Program biodiversity survey in the Nakanai Mountains, Papua New Guinea in April 2009. This beautiful long-tailed mouse was captured at the high elevation site (1590m above sea level). Although it resembles the prehensile-tailed tree mice of New Guinea this remarkable new species has no close relatives and represents an entirely new genus. The new mouse has rather narrow feet and forward-directed incisors that may be used for digging and carrying soil, suggesting that it might be a burrower and live most of its life at or near the forest floor. It is unusual in having a long, pure white tail tip that distinguishes it from all other mice in the area. © CI/photo by Stephen Richards The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release.
Newly discovered frog in Papua New Guinea (PNG) - Platymantis sp. nov. Among the 20 new frogs discovered during Conservation International's two PNG Rapid Assessment Program surveys is a striking, yellow-spotted species of the genus Platymantis. This attractive frog was found only at the highest elevations surveyed in the Nakanai Mountains in April 2009. Males called from small bushes in Bamboo thickets so dense that it took many hours to cut a path just a few meters off the main trail in order to track down their soft calls. This new species belongs to a group of frogs that lay their eggs on land or in the trees where they hatch directly into little froglets, and they have no tadpole stage. This breeding strategy is of immense benefit to frogs in places like the Nakanai Mountains where, despite the high rainfall, surface-water is very scarce because it drains quickly underground to join streams and rivers that flow through underground caves. © CI/photo by Stephen Richards The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release.
Newly Discovered frog in Papua New Guinea - Litoria sp. nov. A beautiful member of the Litoria genimaculata group, this frog has extremely variable colour patterns and distinct yellow spots in the groin. These colorful frogs were surprisingly difficult to spot during Conservation International's September 2009 assessment, in the lush foliage along small rain forest streams in the Muller Range mountains where they live. Males were most frequently spotted when they uttered a very soft ticking sound to attract females in the vicinity. © CI/photo by Stephen Richards The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release.
Newly Discovered frog in Papua New Guinea - Choerophryne sp. nov. Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) scientist Stephen Richards of Conservation International traced the soft scratching call of this tiny, long nosed frog into a steep muddy gully in New Guinea's remote Muller Range during a scientific expedition in September 2009. Small enough to sit comfortably on a thumb-nail and hidden from view under a tangle of roots in pouring rain this undescribed frog of the genus Choerophryne nearly eluded the RAP team altogether. Its position given away by one cricket-like call too many, this strange species subsequently turned out to be new to science. © Piotr Naskrecki, iLCP The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release.
Potentially New species of frog discovered in Papua New Guinea (DNA analysis pending) Litoria sp. nov. Living 30 meters above the ground in the forest canopy, this large bright green frog was more often heard than seen in the Muller Range mountains, Papua New Guinea. At night males proclaimed their presence with loud, gutteral croaking sounds high above the camp much to the frustration of Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) team herpetologists Conservation International's Stephen Richards and Chris Dahl. Finally, RAP's local tree-climber proudly delivered a handsome male to them. It was the only individual seen during the RAP survey and almost certainly new to science. © CI/photo by Stephen Richards The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release.
Newly Discovered frog in Papua New Guinea - Batrachylodes sp. nov. This tiny frog, measuring just 2 cm long, was the most exciting herpetological discovery of the Nakanai Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) survey. It belongs to a group of frogs previously only known from the Solomon Islands, and its discovery in the wet montane forests of New Britain was a complete surprise. Unlike most of his relatives this little frog did not call at night, preferring to advertise for females late in the afternoon, particularly after the drenching tropical storms experienced on most days by the RAP team. © CI/photo by Stephen Richards The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release.
Newly Discovered spider in Papua New Guinea, A new species of Anelosimus from the Nakanai Mountains of New Britain, one of 4 new species of this genus, previously not documented from New Guinea, discovered in the two Rapid Assessment Program expeditions with Conservation International. The new species include both solitary and subsocial species that seem to have diversified within New Guinea. © Ingi Agnarsson The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release
Newly Discovered katydid in Papua New Guinea - Within the relatively small sample of 42 individuals of the leaf katydids (subfamily Phaneropterinae) in the Muller Range mountains, Rapid Assessment Program scientists Piotr Naskrecki and David Rentz found at least 20 new species! This group, which is restricted to the forest’s canopy, is very difficult to collect, and thus virtually unstudied. This pink-eyed Caedicia probably feeds on flowers of the forest’s tall trees. © Piotr Naskrecki/iLCP The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release.
Newly Discovered katydid in Papua New Guinea - Mossula sp. nov. is one of five new species of this genus discovered during Conservation International's September 2009 Rapid Assessment Program survey of the Muller Range. It has an especially interesting defense mechanism – their hind legs are exceptionally large and spiny, and when threatened they hold them vertically above their head and try to jab you with the spines (very painful). © Piotr Naskrecki/iLCP The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release.
Newly discovered mouse found in Papua New Guinea - An undescribed species of montane mouse documented during the Rapid Assessment Program biodiversity survey in the Nakanai Mountains, Papua New Guinea in April 2009. This beautiful long-tailed mouse was captured at the high elevation site (1590m above sea level). Although it resembles the prehensile-tailed tree mice of New Guinea this remarkable new species has no close relatives and represents an entirely new genus. The new mouse has rather narrow feet and forward-directed incisors that may be used for digging and carrying soil, suggesting that it might be a burrower and live most of its life at or near the forest floor. It is unusual in having a long, pure white tail tip that distinguishes it from all other mice in the area.

© CI/photo by Stephen Richards

The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release.
Newly discovered mouse found in Papua New Guinea - An undescribed species of montane mouse documented during the Rapid Assessment Program biodiversity survey in the Nakanai Mountains, Papua New Guinea in April 2009. This beautiful long-tailed mouse was captured at the high elevation site (1590m above sea level). Although it resembles the prehensile-tailed tree mice of New Guinea this remarkable new species has no close relatives and represents an entirely new genus. The new mouse has rather narrow feet and forward-directed incisors that may be used for digging and carrying soil, suggesting that it might be a burrower and live most of its life at or near the forest floor. It is unusual in having a long, pure white tail tip that distinguishes it from all other mice in the area. © CI/photo by Stephen Richards The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release.
Newly discovered mouse found in Papua New Guinea - An undescribed species of montane mouse documented during the Rapid Assessment Program biodiversity survey in the Nakanai Mountains, Papua New Guinea in April 2009. This beautiful long-tailed mouse was captured at the high elevation site (1590m above sea level). Although it resembles the prehensile-tailed tree mice of New Guinea this remarkable new species has no close relatives and represents an entirely new genus. The new mouse has rather narrow feet and forward-directed incisors that may be used for digging and carrying soil, suggesting that it might be a burrower and live most of its life at or near the forest floor. It is unusual in having a long, pure white tail tip that distinguishes it from all other mice in the area.

© CI/photo by Stephen Richards

The photos and illustrations contained in this lightbox are the property of Conservation International (CI) and CI’s partners. Photos may only be used or distributed in conjunction with the content of CI’s press release.
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