Comments on: No, wait, THIS is the world’s smallest frog

By: summer

summer — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:25:13 +0000

i love frogs but that is he cutest one ive seen

By: Wayne Himelsein

Wayne Himelsein — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:37:10 +0000

Xenobio, Bob: Yeah, it seems like there should be some standard for determining largest/smallest. But, it’s much easier to claim, “the world’s smallest frog” because the body plans of frogs are pretty similar than to claim “the world’s smallest animal” where body plans of animals at large are all over the map.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:00:57 +0000

I have just a small nitpick; the researchers are from Louisiana State University. There is no Louisiana University.

By: Greybeard

Greybeard — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:00:18 +0000

Kat: Really tiny flies?

By: kat

kat — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:25:37 +0000

Does anybody know what tiny frogs like this eat?

By: Mike the Mad Biologist

Mike the Mad Biologist — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:58:15 +0000

How far does it jump?

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:05:47 +0000

Yes, I’m with Xenobio. We usually speak of the blue whale as the “largest animal ever” even though some dinosaurs were indisputably longer. So, on the other end of the scale, it’s the weight that counts?

By: Xenobio

Xenobio — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:23:01 +0000

Question about the validity of equating “shortest” with “smallest” – the fish Paedocypris progenetica is a bit longer, but since its body is elongated as opposed to frogs being squarish, I bet it has a smaller body volume.

By: Zach Miller

Zach Miller — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:20:22 +0000

This is amazing–that animal has ORGANS. Think of how small its organs are!

I’m almost MORE fascinated by the notion that other frogs skip the tadpole stage. I wasn’t aware of this (aside from some live-birth frogs) and it makes me wonder whether the tadpole stage is or is not basal for anurans.

By: sirps

sirps — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:28:53 +0000

Yeah whatev’s yong, that’s just a massive coin