This undated photo released by Conservation International shows what their scientists suspect to be a new species of Rhododendron (Rhododendron macgregoriae) seen on the Conservation International Rapid Assessment Programme (RAP) expedition to the Foya Mountains of Papua province, Indonesia's easternmost Ppua province in December 2005. (Conservation International, Bruce Beehler, HO, AP)
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This undated photo released by Conservation International, shows leaves of an undescribed species of palm (Pholidocarphus sp) discovered in lowland forest on the Conservation International Rapid Assessment Programme (RAP) expedition to the Foya Mountains in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province, Indonesia. (Conservation International, Johannes Mogea, HO, AP)
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This undated photo released by Conservation International shows a "Giant White" Rhododendron, a species yet to be described, possibly the largest of any rhododendron species in the world, seen on the Conservation International Rapid Assessment Programme (RAP) expedition to the Foya Mountains in Papua province, Indonesia. (Conservation International,Wayne Takeuchi, HO, AP)
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In this undated photo released by Conservation International, mammal expert Kris Helgen is seen holding a golden-mantled tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus pulcherrimus) discovered on Rapid Assessment Programme (RAP) expedition to the Foya Mountains in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province in December 2005. (Conservation International, HO, AP)
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In this undated photo released by the Conservation International Rapid Assessment Programme (RAP), an undescribed species of microhylid frog less than 14mm (a half inch) long (Choerophryne sp) discovered on RAP expedition to the Foya Mountains of Papua province, Indonesia, November-December 2005 is seen in Jakarta. (Conservation International, Stephen Richards, HO, AP)
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In this undated photo released by Conservation International, a golden-mantled tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus pulcherrimus) is seen after being discovered on Rapid Assessment Programme (RAP) expedition to the Foya Mountains in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province in December 2005. (Conservation International, Bruce Beehler, HO, AP)
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In this undated photo released by Conservation International, a new species of Smoky honeyeater is seen discovered on the Rapid Assessment Programme (RAP) expedition to the Foya Mountains of Papua province, Indonesia, November-December 2005. Conservation International, Bruce Beehler, HO, AP)
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In this undated photo released by Conservation International, Bruce Beehler (not pictured), Conservation International's vice president for Melanesia, studies a female Berlepsch's Six-Wired Bird of Paradise (Porotia berlepschi) during the Rapid Assessment Programme (RAP) expedition to the Foya Mountains of Papua province, Indonesia, November-December 2005. (Conservation International, Stephen Richards, HO, AP)
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In this undated photo released by Conservation International, an undescribed species (Callulops sp) is seen discovered Rapid Assessment Programme (RAP) expedition to the Foya Mountains in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province in November-December 2005. (Conservation International, Stephen Richards, HO, AP)
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In this undated photo released by Conservation International, long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijni) is seen discovered Rapid Assessment Programme (RAP) expedition to the Foya Mountains in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province in November-December 2005. (Conservation International, Stephen Richards, HO, AP)
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