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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4688000.stm
A team of international scientists say they have found a "lost world" in an Indonesian jungle, home to dozens of new species of animals and plants.
"It's as close to the Garden of Eden as you're going to find on Earth," said Bruce Beehler, co-leader of the team.
The scientists claim to have discovered 20 frog species, four butterfly species and at least five new types of palms.
But their discoveries will have to be reviewed by peers before being officially classified as new species.
The team - from the US, Indonesia and Australia - surveyed a region near the Foja Mountains in Papua province in eastern Indonesia, which covers an area of more than a million hectares (two million acres) of forest.
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