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Brachycephalus dacnis, a tiny toad found in Brazil by researchers there, is only 6.95mm long-smaller than some species of ant.
"There are small toads with all the characteristics of large toads except for their size. This genus is different. During its evolution, it underwent what we biologists call miniaturization, which involves loss, reduction and/or fusion of bones, as well as fewer digits and absence of other parts of their anatomy," said Luís Felipe Toledo, [...]
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Few can resist the appeal of an adorable animal; from diddy chameleons to cute baby cows, the world is full of species that make you go "awww". Now, it seems the ranks of impossibly small and incredible creatures have been bolstered by one new addition: a brand-new species of flea-toad that is the world’s second smallest vertebrate.
The new species belongs to the genus Brachycephalus, more commonly known as the flea toads. The other six members of the genus are pretty tiny, [...]
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Scientists in Brazil have identified a tiny new frog species in the Atlantic Rainforest, barely visible to the naked eye. Known as Brachycephalus dacnis, this minuscule creature is only 6.95 millimeters in length, fitting comfortably on the tip of a human finger. Researchers describe the frog’s call as cricket-like, making it nearly indistinguishable from insect sounds in its dense forest habitat.
By John Adams
A Rare Tiny Frog With Surprising Abilities
Newly Discovered Frog [...]
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Blue whales are the biggest animals on Earth, but have you wondered which is the smallest? Scientists have recently described one of the world’s tiniest vertebrates: an adorable miniature toad species found in Brazil. They reported their findings in the journal PeerJ.
The little guys belong to a subgroup known as flea toadlets or flea toads in the genus Brachycephalus, because they’re able to jump 30 times their body length. The most recently described member of the [...]
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À quelques millimètres près, le Brachycephalus dacnis manque le titre de "plus petit vertébré du monde", détenu par son cousin, le Brachycephalus pulex. Ce "crapaud puce" vient d'être découvert dans la luxuriante forêt atlantique du littoral brésilien.
Dans la forêt atlantique du Brésil, à Ubatuba, sur la côte de l'État de São Paulo, des chercheurs ont [...]
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More than 40 new records of the paviotii horned frog (Proceratophrys paviotii), an amphibian exclusive to the Atlantic Forest and considered almost threatened with extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), have excited researchers from the National Forest Institute Atlantic (Inma).
The records were made by ten “citizen scientists”, as people of different ages and regions of Brazil are called, who interact with researchers, within the “Cantoria [...]
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The world’s second-smallest vertebrate has been discovered - a tiny toad living in a Brazilian rainforest.
Researchers say the flea toad measures just 6.95 millimeters in length and can fit on the tip of a finger.
The name of the new species, B. dacnis, pays tribute to Project Dacnis, a conservation, research and education NGO that maintains private areas of the Atlantic Rainforest, including the one where the animal was found, in Ubatuba, on the coast of São Paulo [...]
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Anfíbio, com apenas 6,95 mm, ocorre em áreas de floresta entre os litorais de São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro, revelando adaptações únicas e demonstrando o potencial de toda uma biodiversidade ainda a ser descoberta
Um grupo liderado por pesquisadores do , do da descreveu o segundo menor vertebrado do mundo , um sapo em miniatura encontrado na região entre as cidades de Ubatuba (SP) e Paraty (RJ). Um dos exemplares adultos mede apenas 6,95 [...]
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En el corazón de la densa y rica Mata Atlántica de Brasil, hogar de una biodiversidad excepcional, científicos han descubierto una criatura que redefine los límites de lo diminuto: un sapo tan pequeño que cabe en la punta de un dedo. Este anfibio, nombrado Brachycephalus dacnis , ha sido reconocido como el segundo vertebrado más pequeño del mundo, midiendo apenas 6,95 milímetros. Más allá de su tamaño, este hallazgo [...]
