#NewSpecies!
New flea toad from #brazil just snuck in:
Brachycephalus nanicus
Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D3EE20-B80F-B205-3CE4-1D89FA15FDF4
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.3
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How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists
“The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can possibly get.”
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#frogs #FleaToad #amphibians #NewSpecies #SmallestVertebrates #evolution #ecology #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-small-can-you-get-another-new
How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists
“The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can possibly get.”
by @GrrlScientist via #Substack
#frogs #FleaToad #amphibians #NewSpecies #SmallestVertebrates #evolution #ecology #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-small-can-you-get-another-new
How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists
"The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can possibly get."
by @grrlscientist via medium
#BodySize #FleaToad #vertebrates #evolution #SciComm🧪 https://medium.com/grrlscientist/how-small-can-you-get-another-new-to-science-flea-toad-wows-scientists-9b1713bab54d
The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can possibly get. I’ve shared news of several species of extremely tiny frogs and…
#NewSpecies!
New miniaturized flea-toad from #brazil came in:
Brachycephalus dacnis
Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C3F71A-8B5F-673E-8086-FCF2FDB2FDCF
Publication: http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18265
#thePeerJ #BrachycephalusDacnis
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Less than 7 mm in length, this Atlantic Rainforest flea toad is the second-smallest vertebrate described in the world
#fleatoad #toad #Brazil #nature
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-mm-length-atlantic-rainforest-flea.html
#FleaToad may be world's smallest vertebrate
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-flea-toad-world-smallest-vertebrate.html
Zooming in on #amphibians: Which is the smallest #vertebrate in the world? By Wendy Bolaños et al. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12654
"there are likely limits—most tiny #frogs have odd quirks such as fewer toes than other frogs, or insufficiently formed ears—signs that suggest frogs that are any smaller would have trouble surviving."
A trio of biologists at Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, in Brazil, has verified that a tiny frog, Brachycephalus pulex, also known as the Brazilian flea toad, which is found only in southern Brazil, is not only the world's smallest amphibian, it is also the world's smallest vertebrate. Their paper is published in the journal Zoologica Scripta.
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