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  Previously thought extinct, the devil-eyed frog is also found after over 20 years A tiny frog measuring just 0.3 of an inch (10mm) long – less than the diameter of a 5p coin – is among the discoveries in a 'pristine' section of the Andes mountain range in Bolivia.  The lilliputian frog may be the smallest amphibian in the Andes and among the smallest amphibian in the world, researchers say.  ADVERTISEMENT The creature was found during an expedition led by US non-profit organisation Conservation International in the Zongo Valley near the city of La Paz in the South American country....

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Last Updated: Biologists Discover 20 New Extinct Species Of Wildlife In Bolivia’s ‘cloud Forest’ Biologists took an expedition into Bolivian Andes near the Bolivian capital of La Paz, Zongo Valley, and spotted 20 new species of animals and plants. Biologists have rediscovered scores of species that are rare, endangered, or extinct in the Bolivian ‘Cloud Forests’ including the Andes’ smallest frog and the venomous pit viper. An ecological SWAT team at the Conservation International took an expedition into the Bolivian Andes near the Bolivian capital of La Paz, Zongo Valley, a...

'Cloud Forest' in The Misty Mountains of Bolivia Reveals 20 Species New to Science 15 DECEMBER 2020 A mist-shrouded 'cloud forest' landscape nestled in the foothills of the Bolivian Andes has revealed 20 species previously unknown to science, along with a bounty of rediscovered animals and plants not seen in years, decades, or even over a century in some cases.   In the course of a giant scientific expedition into the Zongo Valley – located about 3,000 metres (10,000 feet) above sea level in the eastern reaches of the Cordillera Real mountain range – researchers catalogued more than 1,...

Trove of new species discovered in hidden Bolivian valley © Fernando Guerra Nestled in the Andes, the forests of Bolivia’s Zongo Valley are shrouded in pillowy clouds more than 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) above sea level. But for a team of researchers who hiked for two weeks through the valley’s rugged terrain, the mist and fog could no longer hide the treasures within.  In the heart of the cloud forest, they discovered 20 species new to science, and rediscovered several species that had not been seen for decades.  Co-led by biologist Trond Larsen, the expedition was pa...