Tiny, New, Pea-Sized Frog is Old World's Smallest
August 25, 2010
August 25, 2010
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 -- Conservation International issued the following news release:
The smallest frog in the Old World (Asia, Africa and Europe) and one of the world's tiniest was discovered inside and around pitcher plants in the heath forests of the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. The pea-sized amphibian is a species of microhylid, which, as the name suggests, is composed of miniature frogs under 15 millimeters (See link for photos and audio below).
The di . . .
The smallest frog in the Old World (Asia, Africa and Europe) and one of the world's tiniest was discovered inside and around pitcher plants in the heath forests of the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. The pea-sized amphibian is a species of microhylid, which, as the name suggests, is composed of miniature frogs under 15 millimeters (See link for photos and audio below).
The di . . .