X-SciTech

New Animal, Plant Life Discovered on Papua New Guinea

October 6, 2010 / 4:43 PM EDT / CBS News

This tube-nosed fruit bat is thought to be endemic to the hill forest regions of the island.

A pink-eyed Caedicia, rarely seen in the wild, likely feeds on forest flowers.

Frog with variable color patterns and distinct yellow spots on the groin.

This long-tailed mouse was captured 1,590 feet above sea level. Its pure white tail tip distinguishes it from other mice in the region

Feather-tailed Possum

Yellow-spotted frog.

New spider species. Both solitary and sub-social species appear to exist.

This katydid is one of five new species of the genus discovered. When threatened, it holds its hind legs vertically to jab attackers with the spines.

New types of Rhododendrons were in abundance throughout the island

Papauan Highland Dancers celebrating their nation's independence day.