Scientists discover pea-sized frogs!

Debs on Sep 1st 2010

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It may have a big name - Microhyla nepenthicola, but this newly discovered frog species is actually the smallest amphibian ever recorded in Asia, ranging in size from only 10.6 to 12.8 millimetres! It is entirely dependent on the pitcher plant Nepenthes ampullaria wherein its tadpoles develop and has been named after it.

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