You’re looking at images of the world’s two smallest frog species — Paedophryne dekot (the top two) and P. verrucosa (bottom two) — recently discovered by researchers in southeastern New Guinea.

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These stories are worth a click: When a dime looks huge in scale, you know you’re wee! Scientists have discovered a new frog, measuring 7.7 mm, in Papua New Guinea. It is the world’s smallest frog and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Frogs are well known for their sticky, whip-like tongues, lumpy ...

Miniaturized frogs form a fascinating but poorly understood group of amphibians. They have been exceptionally prone to taxonomic underestimation because when frogs evolve small body size, they start ...

The tropical forest in Papua New Guinea is a noisy place at night, filled with the calls from all sorts of living things: frogs, birds and insects, including especially loud cicadas. One particular ...

These newly-described miniature frogs are the smallest of their kind in the world, and they also have very appropriate names. Two other new species, Rhombophryne proportionalis and Anodonthyla eximia, ...