In March 2019, three new species of incredibly itty-bitty frogs were discovered in Madagascar, according to the journal PLOS One. The largest of the frogs was a very small 1.4 centimeters in length, while the tiniest is 0.8 centimeters, which is smaller than your fingernail. The frogs are now thought to be among the smallest vertebrates on the planet and have been added to an appropriately named genus that was made up just for them: Mini.
Specifically, the three new species have been deemed Mini mum, Mini scule, and Mini ature. Evolutionary biologist Mark Scherz explained, “We searched all the databases we could find, and nobody seemed to have used the [Mini] name before. From there, the puns just fell into place.”
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