Scientists find two species a week in New Guinea

A FROG with fangs, a blind snake and a round-headed dolphin are among more than 1,000 species recently found on the Melanesian island of New Guinea, environment group World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has said.

Scientists made the astounding discoveries, which also included a river shark and dozens of butterflies, on New Guinea at a rate of two a week from 1998 to 2008, WWF said in a report on the island’s natural habitat.

“This report shows that New Guinea’s forests and rivers are among the richest and most biodiverse in the world,” said WWF’s Western Melanesia programme representative, Neil Stronach.