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PETER CAVE: It's often described as the most wildlife rich environment in Australia. But now a new survey has confirmed just how rich that diversity is.
Scientists have identified more than 260 species in one area of the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland.
They've also discovered a new frog and located a colony of rare rock wallabies that until now had never been photographed.
Here's our environment reporter Sarah Clarke.
SARAH CLARKE: It's taken two years to comb through the rich landscape in the lush tropics of Cape York and the focus of the expedition was to survey 200,000 hectares of extensive, intact ecosystems not yet studied by scientists.
Barry Traill is from the Pew Environment Group and part of the expedition.
BARRY TRAILL: Yeah there's a whole range of habitats. There's tropical...