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[Gaborn]

(A) Paedophryne dekot, (B) Paedophryne dekot, (C) Paedophryne verrucosa, (D) Paedophryne verrucosa (Image: Freed Kraus)

These frogs are, by a whisker, the smallest in the world. Adults of the two new species - Paedophryne dekot and Paedophryne verrucosa - are just 8-9 millimetres in length. That makes these diminutive amphibians from Papua New Guinea marginally smaller than 10-millimetre-long frogs found in Cuba and Brazil.

But there's a bigger crown at stake. Frogs are amphibians, but they also belong to a much larger group of animals called tetrapods, which evolved from fish about 380 million years ago. All four-legged animals with a backbone are tetrapods - as are some animals like whales that have lost their legs through evolution. It's likely that these new frogs are the smallest tetrapods living today, says their discover, Fred Kraus from Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. That is, until a 7-mm-long frog turns up.

Journal reference: ZooKeys, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.48.446

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[BertramCooper]

Perfect size for deep frying.

You can eat a whole handful of them at once.

 

[Bulbo Urethral Baggins]

Perfect size for deep frying.

You can eat a whole handful at once.

Raw is much better. You guys who think deep frying everything is good don't know what you're talking about.

 

[Maleficence]

Hello Paedos

/waves

 

[jchap]

Hopper PoppersTM

 

[ektoll]

Dawwwww, they're so cute <3

 

[sixteen-bit]

They're cute little things.

 

[Gaborn]

Dawwwww, they're so cute <3

They're cute little things.

Hopper PoppersTM

They ARE cute but I lol'ed at Hopper Poppers.

 

[Dead Man]

Hopper PoppersTM

lol

Edit: For the metrically challenged (;p), they are smaller than this, which is the Brazilian Golden Frog, previously one of the smallest.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

lol

Edit: For the metrically challenged (;p), they are smaller than this, which is the Brazilian Golden Frog, previously one of the smallest.

Wtf. That is sooooo awesome. These things would make awesome pets

 

[Horse Detective]

Now show me a giant frog GAF.

 

[Vic]

lol

Edit: For the metrically challenged (;p), they are smaller than this, which is the Brazilian Golden Frog, previously one of the smallest.

HOLY SHIT, THAT'S SMALLLLLLLL

 

[Dead Man]

Now show me a giant frog GAF.

Goliath Frog:

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

Now show me a giant frog GAF.

Moar Goliath Frog:

 

[Raistlin]

I personally love Pac-Man frogs. They're proportions are just so ridiculous. Plus there are tons of extremely ornate and colorful varieties

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...urce=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=EZDtToTTKKbx0gGUn_TOCQ

 

[Moaradin]

Those frogs are awesome.

 

[L00P]

That's freaking small. What do they eat?

 

[Wool]

Anybody ever see that Planet Earth episode with all of the frogs in the rainforest at night? It's nightmare fuel. I bet these tiny frogs could fit in your ear canal real nicely.

 

[xbhaskarx]

That's freaking small. What do they eat?

atoms