A thumbnail-sized frog with a long snout, a brilliant green cricket with bright pink eyes and a mouse with a white-tipped tail are among 200 species scientists have discovered in the remote mountains of Papua New Guinea.

A MOUSE with a long white-tipped tail, a tiny frog, an orange spider and a white-flowered rhododendron are among the species discovered in remote mountain rainforests of Papua New Guinea, conservationists said.