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Micro-frog found in search for world's lost amphibians

Image: Conservation International (CI) Pea-sized frog is the old world's smallest The smallest frog known on the Asian, European, or African continents -- and one of the world's tiniest frogs -- was found by a group of scientists searching for "lost amphibians." This pea-sized micro-frog belongs to the species of microhylid, which, as the name suggests, is composed of miniature frogs under 15 millimeters.

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