Wednesday, September 5, 2012

World's Smallest Frog, size is only 7.7 mm

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This frog found in Papua New Guinea by researchers from Louisiana State University (LSU), Chris Austin. Vertebrate animals (vertebrates) is the world's smallest has a size of about 7.7 new milimeter.Spesies beat Paedocypris progenetica, fish species from Indonesia measuring more than eight milimeter.

Austin who led a team of researchers from the United States along with LSU graduate student, Eric Rittmeyer, found the species in the three-month expedition in Papua Nugini.Spesies second, Paedophryne swiftorum, slightly larger than the size of the body amauensis Paedophryne an average of 8.5 millimeters.


Source:  The journal


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