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Related: About this forumSeven New Mini-Frogs Found -- Among Smallest Known
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150604-frogs-new-species-brazil-rainforest-science-animals/After five years of exploring the cloud forests of Brazil, scientists have made an adorable discovery, naming seven previously unknown miniature frog species.
They belong to the genus Brachycephalus and measure less than one centimeter (0.4 inches) in length. Each species lives in cloud forests -- high-altitude forests that get most of their precipitation from clouds and mist -- that dot only one or a few mountaintops.
The discovery was published Thursday in the journal PeerJ.
Cloud forests in Brazil are threatened by loggers and are highly sensitive to changes in climate, researchers said, making the frogs vulnerable to extinction.
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840high
(17,196 posts)1. How cute.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)2. I don't want them to get extincted....
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)3. Lemon drop frog
That is adorable.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)4. Squeee!
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)5. I wonder if they like birds....