Dwarf In The Elfin Forests: Tiniest Frog In South America?s Andes Mountains
It fits on a fingertip: Noblella pygmaea is a midget frog, the smallest ever found in the Andes and among the smallest amphibians in the world. Only its croaking was to be heard from the leaves on the mossier ground of the "elfin forests" in the highlands of Manu National Park, before German and Peruvian herpetologists discovered the tiny little thing in south-eastern Peru.
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Researchers Find Frog That Fits on a Fingertip - Photos
"Also unusual is that the embryos don't change into tadpoles, but instead lead a fully terrestrial life immediately after hatching."
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