Scientists find smallest-ever fanged frog species in Southeast Asia
It weighs about the same as a dime
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It weighs about the same as a dime
<p>Researchers have identified a species of frog new to science. The Indonesian amphibian is the size of a quarter, unlike its two-pound cousins, and has tiny fangs. Nearly uniquely among amphibians, they lay their eggs on the leaves of trees, and the males guard and tend to the nests. </p>
The lush, volcanic hills of Sulawesi in Indonesia are home to several species of fanged frogs with unusual reproductive habits, including Limnonectes larvaepartus – the only species of frog in the world known to give birth to live tadpoles.
Tiny Terrors: The world's smallest “fanged” frogs live in Indonesia and weigh about the same as a dime. Indonesia has become the stage for a biological
Limnonectes phyllofolia is about the size of a quarter.