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Mongabay: How small can you be and still have a spine? Scientists are continually surprised by the answer. Researchers have discovered a new species of frog in Papua New Guinea that is smaller than many insects and dwarfed by a dime. The frog trumps the previously known smallest vertebrate-a tiny fish-by nearly 1 millimeter.
The smallest specimen of the new frog, named Paedophryne amauensis was just 7 millimeters (0.27 inches) long, the largest around 8 millimeters (0.31 inches). The previous record-holder......
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New frog trumps miniscule fish for title of ‘world’s smallest vertebrate’
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 12th, 2012
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