Today we are going to see something more about tiny organisms as we saw about the Smallest Living Mammal in the World by Mass the other day. Today, we are going to see facts on The Smallest Living Amphibian in the World by Size. The criteria for today is that the Organism has to be an Amphibian, its Species must not be extinct, but can be on the Endangered or on the Vulnerable List. Thirdly, it has to be the Tiniest by Size, not by any other measurement. The Organism that meets our criteria is the Brazilian Gold Frog (Photograph on the right).The Brazilian Gold Frog (Brachycephalus didactylus), also known as Izecksohn's Toad, is the smallest living amphibian in the World. It was previously known as Psyllophryne didactyla. Adult Brazilian Gold Frogs measure to only 9.8 millimeters in body length. The Brazilian Gold Frog is named after their beautiful golden colour. They are smaller than a regular dime and are also the World's Smallest Living Frog and the World's Smallest Living Tetrapod.
The Monte Iberia Eleuth is another frog and an amphibian giving tough fight to the Brazilian Gold Frog as both the species of frogs are of the same size. In this post, I have mentioned that the latter is the smallest, as most of the reliable encyclopaedias and internet source cite it as the smallest. So, I request the readers to please comment on the factual accuracy of today's post.
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