Tiny, New, Pea-Sized Frog Is Old World's Smallest

Roy 7B 20/9/10

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100825094915.htm

This article, which was about amphibians that are as small as peas, those amphibians are frogs, and those frogs are called 'Microhyla nepenthicola'. The Microhyla nepenthicola is a very small species, it is usually 12 millimeters long (average.) This tiny species was found on the edge of a road leading to the peak of the Gunung Serapi Mountain, which is in kubah national park, in Borneo. This new species was named after a plant it depends on, which is called 'Nepenthes ampullariais'. Adult male Microhyla nepenthicola, are usually between 10.6 and 12.8 millimeters, about the size of a pea. Since they are so small, it just proves how hard it is to find them, and I, would never go looking for something the size of a pea anywhere. Dr.s Indraneil Das and Alexander Haas have found this new species, and made teams of scientists look around the world in 20 countries on 5 continents. All in all, I found this article very interesting, because, I really love to hear when something new has been discovered, and hearing that they found this little tiny species, in my opinion is amazing. Also I learned a lot from this article, like, that frogs can be named something as complicated as 'Microhyla nepenthicola' if it is even named anything other than just frog. I also learned that there are some people who dedicate their lives to researching frogs.

Bibliography:

Conservation International. "Tiny, New, Pea-Sized Frog Is Old World's Smallest." ScienceDaily 25 August 2010. 20 September 2010 .