Tree dweller



This Australasian tree frog was found living 30 metres above the ground.



Researchers often heard them croaking gutturally from the forest canopy, but only managed to find this one male.



It is probably a new species, though its DNA will have to be checked to be sure.



(Image: Stephen Richards/Conservation International)

Pink eye



This is a katydid, an insect related to crickets and grasshoppers.



It is one of 20 new species of katydid found during the expedition, and probably feeds on flowers.



(Image: Piotr Naskrecki/Conservation International)

Big nose



Although it has been reported before, this tube-nosed bat has still not been properly described and does not have a name.



It seems to only live in hill forests, where it probably helps disperse plant seeds.



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Big head



These big-headed ants were common around 1600 metres up in the Muller range.



They are social insects, in which many sterile workers serve a single queen.



The smaller workers, left, gather food from the forest floor and bring it back to the nest. There the major workers, right, crush it using their huge mandibles.



(Image: Andrea Lucky)

Bright yellow



New to science, this yellow frog is probably a member of a species complex called Litoria genimaculata.



The colour patterns vary a great deal, and it has distinctive yellow spots around its groin.



Despite its conspicuous colours it proved hard to find. Males gave themselves away more often, when they made a soft ticking noise to attract females.



(Image: Stephen Richards/Conservation International)