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Foja Mountains 98 images Created 7 Oct 2013

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  • Male Yellow-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) perched near his bower.
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  • Aerial view of the Foja Mountains rain forest.<br />
Natural clearing is the "bog" area used as a landing site for the expedition.
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  • A portrait of a bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus boreoclivus sp. nov.).<br />
A new species discovered by Paul Oliver at  1200 m elevation.
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  • Landing at Kwerba Village airstrip.  This village was used as the staging area by the expedition, which was lifted from here by helicopter into the mountains.
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  • Aerial view of the Foja Mountains rain forest.  Researcher Bruce Beehler on a helicoptor survey searching for possible landing sites.  Beehler was the main force behind biological exploration of the Foja Mountains on these expeditions.
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  • Long-tailed Pygmy-Possum (Cercartetus c.f. caudatus).  New range extention of species known from Central Cordillera.
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  • Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae).  New species of bird discovered in Foja Mts. by Bruce Beehler.
    MM7441-070617-00554.jpg
  • Aerial view of the Foja Mountains rain forest.
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  • Moss detail in the bog.
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  • Aerial view of the Foja Mountains rain forest.
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  • Aerial view of the Foja Mountains rain forest.
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  • Salvadori's Teal (Anas waigiuensis) in the bog pond at 1650 m in the Foja Mountains.<br />
This is a rare duck found only in the mountains of New Guinea.
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  • A tree frog (Nyctimistes fluviatilis) on a leaf.
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  • Long-tailed Pygmy-Possum (Cercartetus c.f. caudatus).  Possible new species for the Foja Mts.
    MM7441-070620-01166.jpg
  • Aerial view of the Foja Mountains rain forest.
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  • Aerial view of the Foja Mountains rain forest.<br />
Natural clearing is the "bog" area used as a landing site for the expedition.  Bog camp was located in the forest at the upper right edge of the clearing.
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  • Cloud forest interior view with tree ferns.  Approx. 1700 m elev, Foja Mts.
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  • Yellow-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) female visiting a bower.
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  • Male Yellow-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) male displaying to a female at his bower by holding a blue fruit in his bill and keeping on the opposite side of the bower from the female.
    MM7441-070620-01122.jpg
  • Bruce Beehler has just captured a Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae), a new species of bird he discovered in the Foja Mts. in 2005.
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  • Foja Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia berlepschi) male.
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  • Berlepschi's Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia berlepschi) male.
    MM7441-070623-01877.jpg
  • A frog found in the Foja Mts. rain forest at night.  1650 m elev.<br />
July 2007 - unidentified
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  • Tree frog (Litoria arfakiana).<br />
In the Foja Mts near Bog Camp.  1650 m.
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  • Male Yellow-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) displaying at his bower to a female visible on the other side of the bower.  (Bower 2007 #3 - Mountain Trail) June 2007
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  • Black Sicklebill Bird of Paradise (Epimachus fastuosus) male at his display perch.
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  • Black Sicklebill Bird of Paradise (Epimachus fastuosus) male at his display perch.<br />
Male in mid-display withe plumes raised over his head.
    MM7441-070625-02318.jpg
  • Papasena villagers welcome expedition members upon arrival by Cesna.
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  • Villagers of Papasena dance to celebrate arrival of Bruce Beehler and team.
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  • Male Yellow-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) displaying at his bower to a female out of sight on the other side of the bower.
    MM7441-070624-02100.jpg
  • Aerial view of the Foja Mts.
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  • Aerial view of a rainbow over the lowland rain forest of the Mamberamo River basin, taken on flight between Papasena and Sentani, Papua, Indonesia.
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  • Aerial view of the Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia.<br />
<br />
"Bog Camp" is small clearing at upper right.  Two lakes of different color in lower left.
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  • A river draining from the Foja Mountains toward Kwerba Village.
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  • Looking out the window of a plane at the lowland rain forest along the Mamberamo River, Papua, Indonesia.  This river cuts through the foothills of the Foja Mts.
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  • Aerial view of Mamberamo River, Papua, Indonesia, lined by rain forest, with Foja Mountains in the distance.
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  • Arrival of Foja Mountains RAP expedition team at Kwerba Village.<br />
Kris Helgen greets villagers.  This village was the staging area from which the expedition helicoptered into the Foja Mts.
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  • Tree frog (Nyctimistes pulchra)
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  • Kwerba Village houses with rainbow.
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  • Frog (Rana (Papurana?) grisea)
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  • Agamid lizard (Hypsilurus modestus)
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  • Agamid lizard (Hypsilurus modestus)
    MM7441-081104-03158.jpg
  • Frog (Rana (Papurana?) grisea)
    MM7441-081104-03190.jpg
  • Frog (Rana (Papurana?) grisea)
    MM7441-081104-03186.jpg
  • White-striped Gecko (Gekko vittatus)
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  • Frog (Sphenophryne cornuta)
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  • Light trapping for moths being conducted by LIPI entomologist Harry Sutrisno.
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  • Light trapping for moths being conducted by LIPI entomologist Harry Sutrisno.
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  • Moths collected at LIPI camp in foothills of Foja Mountains near Kwerba Village by Entomologist Harry Sutrisno in two nights.
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  • Helicopter arrives at Kwerba Village to airlift the expedition team into the Foja Mountains.
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  • White-striped Gecko (Gekko vittatus)
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  • Foja Mountains RAP expedition members Nev Kemp and Kris Helgen explain the desired drop location to the helicopter pilots after they arrive at Kwerba Village.
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  • Unloading the helicopter at the bog landing site at 1650 m elevation in the Foja Mountains.  Expedition members Chris Milensky, Edwin Scholes and Nev Kemp (left to right).
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  • Foja Mountains expedition herpetologist Paul Oliver watches as the helicopter lifts off for the last time, leaving us remote in the mountains.
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  • Foja Mountains RAP expedition members unload the helicopter  at the bog landing site at 1650 m elevation.  Kris Helgen is in the foreground, followed by Paul Oliver.
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  • Frog (Lechriodus platyceps)<br />
In the Foja Mts near Bog Camp at 1650 m.
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  • Feline Owlet Nightjar (Aegotheles insignis).  Captured in the Foja Mts.  Bog Camp.
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  • Foja Mountains RAP expedition mammalogist Kris Helgen shows a Blossom Bat (Syconycteris sp.) he captured that is an undescribed species.  Ornithologist Chris Milensky works on bird specimens in the background.<br />
Bog Camp.  1650 m
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  • Salvadori's Teal (Anas waigiuensis) in the bog pond at 1650 m in the Foja Mountains.<br />
This is a rare duck found only in the mountains of New Guinea.
    MM7441-081110-04228.jpg
  • Salvadori's Teal (Anas waigiuensis) in the bog pond at 1650 m in the Foja Mountains.<br />
This is a rare duck found only in the mountains of New Guinea.
    MM7441-081110-04291.jpg
  • Ashy Robin (Poecilodryas albispecularis).<br />
Captured in the Foja Mts near Bog Camp 1650 m
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  • Tree frog (Nyctimystes humeralis)<br />
In the Foja Mts near Bog Camp.  1650 m.
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  • Tree frog (Nyctimystes humeralis)<br />
In the Foja Mts near Bog Camp.  1650 m.
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  • Tree frog (Nyctimystes humeralis)<br />
In the Foja Mts near Bog Camp.  1650 m.
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  • View of the main camp site known as "Bog Camp" in the Foja Mountains - base of operations for the CI RAP expedition to the Foja Mts in 2008.<br />
Field assistant Bastian Tawane walks up path.
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  • Foja Mountains RAP Expedition members confer on bird sightings at Bog Camp.<br />
L to R:  Chris Milensky, Nev Kemp, Paul Oliver, Edwin Scholes.
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  • Frog (Oreophryne sp. nov. - "simple rattle").<br />
Endemic species to the Foja Mountains.  Captured near Bog Camp 1650 m elevation.
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  • Frog (Choreophryne sp. nov.)<br />
New species endemic to the Foja Mountains.<br />
<br />
This genus contains the smallest frog in New Guinea (though this may not be the smallest one).
    MM7441-081112-04868.jpg
  • Dorcopsulus sp. nov.<br />
New species of wallaby from the Foja Mountains discovered by Kris Helgen.  Captured near Bog Camp at 1650 m.
    MM7441-081114-05359.jpg
  • Blossom Bat (Syconycteris sp. nov.)<br />
New species present in the Foja Mountains and also widespread in the mountains of New Guinea but never described before now.  Discovered by Kris Helgen.
    MM7441-081113-05082.jpg
  • Blossom Bat (Syconycteris sp. nov.)<br />
New species present in the Foja Mountains and also widespread in the mountains of New Guinea but never described before now.  Discovered by Kris Helgen.
    MM7441-081114-05562.jpg
  • Dwarf Wallaby (Dorcopsulus sp. nov.)<br />
New species of wallaby from the Foja Mountains discovered by Kris Helgen.  Smallest member of the Kangaroo family in the world.  Near Bog Camp at 1650m
    MM7441-081114-05380.jpg
  • Red-breasted Pygmy-Parrot (Micropsitta bruijnii) male and female excavating possible nest cavity in a dead tree trunk.<br />
<br />
Note that this Foja Mountains form has a pale color on face and crown than the typical form.
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  • Painted Ringtail Possum (Pseudochirulus forbesi)<br />
In a tree in the upper montane forest of the Foja Mountains at approx 2000 m elevation.
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  • Giant tree fern forest growing on the highest reaches of the Foja Mountains, between 2150 and 2200 m elevation.
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  • Moss details.<br />
Foja Mountains - upper montane forest at 2050 m.
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  • Dense ferns fill a gully in the montane forest at 1800 m in the Foja Mts.
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  • Moth attracted to light trap at Bog Camp.<br />
Foja Mountains.
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  • Moth attracted to light trap at Bog Camp.<br />
Foja Mountains.
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  • View looking straight up into the canopy of the very mossy montane rain forest of the Foja Mountains.<br />
Approx. 1700 m.
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  • Woolly Giant Rat (Mallomys sp. nov.)<br />
New species endemic to the Foja Mountains.  First discovered by Ucok in 2007.<br />
<br />
Camera trap shot.  First ever photo of this rat alive?
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  • Moth attracted to light trap set up at Bog Camp in the Foja Mountains at 1650 m.
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  • A Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi pulcherrimus) crosses a fallen log bridging a small gorge.<br />
<br />
Endangered Species (IUCN Red List: EN)<br />
<br />
Camera trap shot.
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  • Foja Mountains RAP Expedition herpetologist Paul Oliver examines a gecko he has just captured, that he believes is a new species.
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  • Edwin Scholes records bird calls as part of documentation of the biodiversity of the Foja Mountains.  Montane forest at approx 1650 m elevation.
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  • Foja Mountains RAP Expedition herpetologist Paul Oliver captureing a frog (Rana sp.)
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  • Long-nosed Tree Frog (Litoria sp nov).  New species discovered by Paul Oliver at 1200 m elevation in the Foja Mountains.
    MM7441-081122-07416.jpg
  • Moth attracted to light trap at the Bog Camp site at 1650 m in the Foja Mountains rain forest.
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  • Moth attracted to light trap at the Bog Camp site at 1650 m in the Foja Mountains rain forest.
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  • Golden-fronted Bowerbird (Amblyornis flavifrons) male bringing a new fruit to add to the decrations at his bower.
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  • NGM writer Mel White holds up one of the Giant Rat species found in the Foja Mountains.
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  • Rain at the helipad while team members wait for the helicopter.
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  • The bog, now turned into a lake at 1650 m elevation in the Foja Mountains.  Site of the base camp called "Bog Camp".  Remaining people and gear visible at bog edge helipad.
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  • Day of planned pickup by helicopter.  Waiting out rain at the helipad hacked out of the edge of the forest.   Botanist Asep Sadili waits.  The helicopter did not arrive this day.
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  • View of the Foja Mountains from the helicopter on the trip between Bog Camp and Kwerba village.
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  • View of the Foja Mountains from the helicopter on the trip between Bog Camp and Kwerba village.
    MM7441-081126-08299.jpg
  • Bronze Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia berlepschi) male.
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  • Long-nosed Tree Frog (Litoria sp nov).  New species discovered by Paul Oliver at 1200 m elevation in the Foja Mountains.
    MM7441-081122-07484.jpg