Photograph by Jessica Deichmann, courtesy Conservation International

Tadpole-toting frogs (seen above), lungless salamanders, and spiny katydids are some of the new species found on a recent conservation expedition to the mountainous Nangaritza region of Ecuador. Scientists hope that the discoveries will result in protection of their habitat by the Ecuadorian government, according to Conservation International.

See pictures of the new discoveries on National Geographic News.

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