Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Brazilian gold frog (Brachycephalus didactylus)





The Brazilian gold frog
(Brachycephalus didactylus ), also
known as Izecksohn’s toad, is the
smallest frog in the Southern
Hemisphere. It was previously
... called Psyllophryne didactyla.
Adult Brazilian gold frogs measure
to only 9.8 millimeters (24.7⁄64
inches) in body length. Many have a
beautiful golden color, for which
they are named.
The smallest frogs of the Northern
Hemisphere are the Cuban
Eleutherodactyl us iberia, which can
be two-tenths of a millimeter
smaller, and Eleutherodactyl us
limbatus , of which fully mature
adults as small as 8.5 mm have been
found.

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