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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, and spotted 20 new species of animals and plants never spotted for several years. Scientists discovered mountain fer-de-lance viper, Bolivian flag snake, lilliputian frog, completely new to science in the cloud forests and four orchid and never previously seen butterflies. According to the release by the non-profit environmental group, the scientists were excited about the rediscovery of Oreobates zongoensis — a “devil-eyed” frog, which had been declared extinct.