National Geographic: Smallest Frogs Found - Each Tinier Than an M&M


Photo Credit: Fred Kraus

How's this for a sweet surprise: Two new species of frog—each smaller than an M&M—have been discovered in Papua New Guinea, a new study says.

Paedophryne dekot—dekot means "very small" in the local Daga language—is about 8.5 to 9 millimeters long. The bumpy-skinned P. verrucosa, meaning "full of warts" in Latin, is an average of 8.8 to 9.3 millimeters in length.

The previous tiny titleholders, also frogs in the Paedophyrne genus, were about ten millimeters long.

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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 12/30/2011 7:00 AM
Categories: Amphibians
Tags: frog papua new guinea frog species amphibians
 

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