dekot derives from the word for "very small" in the local language ... "Miniaturization occurs in many frog genera around the world," Kraus, of the Bishop Museum in Hawaii, said in a statement.

In December of 2011, Fred Kraus from the Bishop Museum in Hawaii announced that he had discovered the world’s smallest frogs. The two coin-sized species were just 8.1 to 9.3 millimetres long.

The tiny frog sits easily on a US dime, whose diameter is 18mm A frog species that appears to be the world's smallest has been discovered in Papua New Guinea by a US-based team. At 7mm (0.27 ...

World's smallest frogs discovered in New Guinea Date: December 13, 2011 Source: Pensoft Publishers Summary: Field research has uncovered the world's smallest frogs in southeastern New Guinea. The ...

But it's not easy being green – or tiny. Scientists believe they may know what the world's smallest vertebrate is. A tiny, pea-sized Brazilian frog called Brachycephalus pulex (or, Brazilian ...

The record-holder for the smallest frog in the world apparently makes up for its miniature size by packing a wallop of poison, research reveals. Investigating these dwarf frogs is painstaking work ...

NEW ORLEANS – A frog that can perch on the tip of your pinkie with room to spare has been claimed as the world's smallest vertebrate species, out-tinying a fish that got the title in 2006.

HONOLULU, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher says he's discovered the world's smallest frogs in southeastern New Guinea, with adults less than a third of an inch long. Researcher Fred Kraus from ...

The world's smallest known vertebrate is a frog the size of a housefly, a new study says. Scientists locate the teensy animals by listening for their calls and trying to zero in on the sources of ...

A tiny frog endemic to the state of Bahia on Brazil’s Atlantic coast may have just earned the title of the smallest vertebrate in the world. The Brazilian flea toad, or Brachycephalus pulex ...

Scientists have discovered a new frog, measuring 7.7 mm, in Papua New Guinea. It is the world’s smallest frog and the world’s smallest vertebrate. –Popular Science Rosie O’Donnell has ...

The new species also measures around 3 centimeters (1.18 inches) in body length, making it the smallest adult body size of any of the fanged frog species on the island where it was discovered.