Suriname New Species: Armored Catfish, Cowboy Frog, Crayola Katydid Discovered (PHOTOS/VIDEO)

An armored catfish, a Pac-Man frog and a cowboy frog were some of the 1,300 species documented during a scientific survey conducted by Conservation International in southwest Suriname in 2010. Their finds included 46 potentially new species.

According to a press release, Conservation International's Rapid Assessment Program traveled to three locations along the Kutari and Sipaliwini Rivers "in an effort to document the region’s poorly known biodiversity and help develop sustainable ecotourism opportunities for the local indigenous people."

The findings from the expedition were published in the RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment series, "A Rapid Biological Assessment of the Kwamalasamatu region, Southwestern Suriname."

More species were discovered around the world this month, including the world's tiniest vertebrate, found in New Guinea. Off the eastern coast of Australia, scientists encountered the world's first hybrid shark.

Check out photos and a video of the new and observed species discovered by the Rapid Assessment Program below (Captions courtesy of Conservation International):

Comments

[whirlpool]

04:22 PM on 01/25/2012

There are probably 10 million species on earth not counting bacteria--most of these are insects particularly beetles. Less than 2 million of these have been named and described.

[rsaisa]

04:19 PM on 01/25/2012

This shows how silly it is to protect "endanged species" if they cant adapt, they should expire to make room for new species.

[Canefighter]

04:13 PM on 01/25/2012

Wondering if Michael Moore will eat them all and blame his stomach ache on Bush.

[marine1942]

03:56 PM on 01/25/2012

This is not true because al gore said the earth is dying. Think polar bears. Think white male voter.

[robertstone1robert]

03:31 PM on 01/25/2012

I know why it was called the "cowboy frog." It draws its gun, squirts water at you and it croaks.

[billywms]

03:13 PM on 01/25/2012

Armored Catfish? That's freakin awesome!

[billywms]

03:12 PM on 01/25/2012

Except they already have discovered bigfoot.

[billywms]

03:12 PM on 01/25/2012

Armored Catfish, Cowboy Frog, Crayola Katydid, Geez! -It's only a matter of time before they discover bigfoot!

[GradyWhiteMarlin]

03:08 PM on 01/25/2012

I'm sure Al Gore will find a way to spin this.

He will probably state the following; "Do to global warming there are too many new species and the earth can't support them. We will all starve to death. Instead of killing them, we should all pay a carbon credit tax. Taxes solve all problems. I'm Al Gore the rapist and I approve this message."

[whirlpool]

04:25 PM on 01/25/2012

What does Al Gore have to do with this? Grow up.

[HELLRAISER81]

03:07 PM on 01/25/2012

They aren't new species to the earth, just new to humans.

[johnfor3]

03:36 PM on 01/25/2012

I think that might be the reason they used the word DISCOVERED!!!!!!!!!

[fhmjam]

02:41 PM on 01/25/2012

This should make up for all the species the Gore lovers say we're losing. What da ya say we just call it even now and part friends?

[HymnsToSilence]

03:10 PM on 01/25/2012

You are what is known as an Eye Dee 10 Tee problem.

[dwuzze]

02:05 PM on 01/25/2012

Real cool, probably a good place to discover some new kind of fungus growing on your skin too. Best left untouched

[SoulOfDespair]

01:29 PM on 01/25/2012

The leaf beetle looks like a mixture of a lady bug that mated with a beetle lol.
The water beetle looks epic and reminds me of the Egyptian ones.

[phdpamela]

01:00 PM on 01/25/2012

Nice. At the rate their destroying the rain forests, we won't be seeing too many more of these articles.

[jlv327]

12:59 PM on 01/25/2012

Good thing they were found before the pipeline is built !! It is nice to see new species found... No thanks to us...

[Ronster1954]

01:48 PM on 01/25/2012

They have a big pipeline in Alaska...din;t hurt anything there DA...

[marine1942]

03:58 PM on 01/25/2012

pipelines all over USA. Are they reaching out and killing ?