{"id":1282,"date":"2010-09-14T11:28:45","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T15:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=1282"},"modified":"2016-11-03T09:46:20","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T13:46:20","slug":"the-worlds-littlest-frog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/omg_animals\/the-worlds-littlest-frog\/","title":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s smallest frog lives in Borneo and is about the size of a pea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s smallest frog, called (<em>Microhyla nepenthicola<\/em>), has been found in Borneo and, as you can tell from the picture, scientists would have had to squint to find them.\u00a0The discovery of these little guys was made by Indraneil Das and Alexander Haas, they are also part of a project to find lost amphibians across the world. To learn more about the global search for frogs,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=1133\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11037\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11037\" title=\"microhyla nepenthicola smallest frog\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/microhyla_-nepenthicola_smallest_frog_borneo.jpeg\" alt=\"microhyla nepenthicola, smallest frog, borneo\" width=\"509\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/microhyla_-nepenthicola_smallest_frog_borneo.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/microhyla_-nepenthicola_smallest_frog_borneo-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/microhyla_-nepenthicola_smallest_frog_borneo-100x70.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/microhyla_-nepenthicola_smallest_frog_borneo-218x150.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/microhyla_-nepenthicola_smallest_frog_borneo-607x420.jpeg 607w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Indraneil Das, Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Rangers<\/a> is a non-profit organization that works to inspire and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/bbtw\/resources.html\">educate<\/a> children about the environment. At EarthRangers.com kids can play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/games\/\">games<\/a>, discover <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/category\/omg-facts\/\">amazing facts<\/a>, meet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/animals\/\">animal ambassadors<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bringbackthewild.com\/\">fundraise<\/a> to protect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/bbtw\/about.html\" target=\"_self\">biodiversity<\/a>.<\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of an initiative to find lost frogs, scientists have found the world&#8217;s smallest frog in Borneo. 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