The World’s Smallest Frog as Big as a Fly
Published by And smaller than an M&M candy.
Discovered in 2010 by scientists, these little creatures made their world debut in January of 2012.
Photograph courtesy Fred Kraus
They were discovereed during a field survey in southern Papua New Guinea. they found P. amauensis and another new species of tiny frog, Paedophryne swiftorum, which measures about 8.6 millimeters.
All the species of the Paedophyrne genus are tiny and found to live only in the leaf litter of New Guinea’s rain forest floor. No pond water or ditches for these little guys.
These tiny frogs can jump over 30x their own hieght.
Photograph courtesy Christopher Austin, Louisiana State University
These guys are really fast and have only been “discovered” 11 times around the world. They live almost exclusively in tropical rain forests, where their skins won’t dry out and food is plentiful.
Reference: Christine Dell’Amore. National Geographic “World’s Smallest Frog Found—Fly-Size Beast Is Tiniest Vertebrate” Retrieved from web 7 May 2012.
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On May 7, 2012 at 7:21 pm
Interesting and informative article:)
The little frog is so cute!
On May 7, 2012 at 7:42 pm
Nice information,
On May 7, 2012 at 8:16 pm
Informative. It’s interesting to see the tiny frog sitting on a coin.
On May 8, 2012 at 12:27 am
I think that frog is the cutest thing
On May 8, 2012 at 1:34 am
Interesting article and lovely pics. I can’t quite believe how tiny that frog is lol. Thanks for sharing.
On May 8, 2012 at 2:05 am
I never knew a frog that small ever exist. Thanks for your educative post
On May 8, 2012 at 3:21 am
Wow! that creature is such so small.
On May 8, 2012 at 4:19 am
Wow! Through this article, I learned this the first time. This is a super-share! Genuis!
On May 8, 2012 at 5:48 am
Nice to read about the tiny wonders.Probably more in store in tropical rain forests.
On May 8, 2012 at 8:35 am
Thats a good share , lovely things come in small sizes and nature has them all
On May 8, 2012 at 9:02 am
nice article
On May 8, 2012 at 9:03 am
A wonderful presentation like the pics and so amazing, good one my friend
On May 8, 2012 at 9:10 am
Awesome share.
On May 8, 2012 at 10:04 am
they are so cute…thank you for sharing…
On May 8, 2012 at 11:21 am
i want to see one in real life
On May 8, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Really? Isn’t it a fly then?
On May 8, 2012 at 12:06 pm
How interesting and thanks for sharing.
Eddy.
On May 8, 2012 at 2:10 pm
This is a fascinating article. Great share. We have some very small ones here but not that small. I’ve seen some really tiny ones not a lot bigger. I’m glad I stopped by to read this. Good article.
On May 8, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Oh how gorgeous, momofplenty.
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On May 8, 2012 at 3:42 pm
oh how cute
On May 8, 2012 at 3:59 pm
That is small. You did a great job!
On May 8, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Great article I love the photos, I never new about this little guy ^_^
On May 8, 2012 at 4:48 pm
They’re tiny creatures.
On May 8, 2012 at 10:43 pm
Interesting.
On May 9, 2012 at 1:34 am
Short & sweet, but so interesting.
On May 9, 2012 at 7:28 am
Adorable! We have baby frogs every year that are about that size…but they get huuuuuge!!
On May 10, 2012 at 12:03 am
Very informative! I’ve never known that there is such a frog as little as 8.6millimeters. I like it! Thanks!
On May 10, 2012 at 12:05 am
Very informative! I like it! Thanks!
On May 10, 2012 at 5:24 am
really tiny frog
On May 10, 2012 at 8:42 am
Fascinating!
That is such a tiny frog…
On May 10, 2012 at 10:56 am
I remember watching this on the news. It’s a wonder it didn’t get stepped on. Great article. Well done.
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On May 10, 2012 at 11:17 am
the pics make it all so imaginable..at first the frog looks like any other and then a closer look and you can tell how tiny it must be.
On May 11, 2012 at 9:59 am
Interesting article.
On May 11, 2012 at 12:09 pm
There are still many undiscovered species out there!
On May 11, 2012 at 7:27 pm
That really is quite amazing! I love frogs anyway, but have never heard of anything like this before.
Thanks
On May 13, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Nature is wonderful.
On May 14, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Papua New Guinea? wow thats near from my country
On May 14, 2012 at 9:13 pm
papua new guinea is our neighbourhood
On May 20, 2012 at 9:01 pm
This frog looks cute. Good writing and great subject.
On May 31, 2012 at 2:43 am
Truly an amazing story…