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A frog smaller than a pencil eraser has hopped into the record books as the one of the smallest vertebrates known to science. Researchers formally described the species in late October 2024 after encountering it in the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil’s São Paulo state.

At a length of 6.95 millimeters (0.27 inches), Brachycephalus dacnis has given scientists a new appreciation of just how small vertebrates can get.

By Shanna Hanbury
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2024/11/one-of-the-tiniest-frogs-ever-is-discovered-in-brazil-defying-size-limits/

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