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Close A team of scientists found 20 new species and recorded 1,204 plants and animals in the misty forests of Zongo Valley Bolivia in an expedition done in March 2017. The expedition was organized by an international conservation organization, Conservation International, and was called the Rapid Assessment Program of the organizations. Trond Larsen, the director of the Conservation International's RAP, said the area where the study was done was "rugged and steep. It's not easy work by any means." Much of the areas surveyed were cloud forest and elfin forest with thick layers of moss, numerou...

Photos show a treasure trove of species discovered in a misty cloud forest Mashable 12/14/2020 Mark Kaufman They could hear the frogs everywhere. But they couldn't see them. Amid heavy rains in March 2017, 17 scientists trudged deep into the cloud forests in Bolivia's Zongo Valley to scour the mountains for life. They brought everything they needed for two weeks. They set up two camps. Then, the researchers started documenting what lived in this misty, largely untrammeled forest in the Andes. On Monday, Conservation International, a conservation organization, released the d...

[Photos] Tiny frog, venomous viper among 20 new species described in Bolivia by Liz Kimbrough on 14 December 2020 An expedition into the cloud forests of the Bolivian Andes has uncovered 20 species new to science including a frog smaller than a coin, a new venomous pit viper, four butterflies, and four orchid species. Along with the newly described species, the research team also “rediscovered” four species believed to be extinct, including the devil-eyed frog not seen for 20 years. Overall, the expedition in the Zongo Valley near La Paz, Bolivia, uncovered rich diversity and endemism an...