A team of scientists working for Reptile & Amphibian Ecology International [1] have discovered previously undiscovered biodiversity in a rare and dwindling ecosystem in coastal Ecuador. The apparently new species include a blunt-snouted, slug-sucking snake and 30 species of rain frog.
"A majority of the new species were found in Cerro Pata de Pajaro, a small mountain just a few minutes from the Pacific Ocean and sitting right atop the Equator. Pata de Pajaro is surrounded by a type of rainforest and capped in cloud forest. The extent of cloud forest on the site is only a couple miles wide, yet houses at least 14 of the 30 new species known nowhere else on Earth."
Links:
[1] http://reptilesandamphibians.org/
[2] http://www.savethefrogs.com/frogblog/
[3] http://www.ietravel.com/category/natural-history-news
[4] http://www.ietravel.com/blog/2010/01/30-new-frog-species-found-ecuador
[5] http://www.ietravel.com/blog/amazon-river/black-capped-squirrel-monkeys
[6] http://www.ietravel.com/blog/latin-america/rare-wildlife-sightings
[7] http://www.ietravel.com/blog/galapagos-islands/marine-iguanas
