Ecological guild evolution and the discovery of the world's smallest vertebrate.

Living vertebrates vary drastically in body size, yet few taxa reach the extremely minute size of some frogs and teleost fish. Here we describe two new species of diminutive terrestrial frogs from the megadiverse hotspot island of New Guinea, one of which represents the smallest known vertebrate spe...

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Main Authors: Eric N Rittmeyer, Allen Allison, Michael C Gründler, Derrick K Thompson, Christopher C Austin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3256195?pdf=render