January 12th, 2012
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World's tiniest vertebrate is a frog

The world's smallest vertebrate - animals that have a backbone - is a frog that could sit within the confines of your fingernail, a new study reports.

Scientists found the new species, which on average is just 7.7 millimeters long, in the southwestern Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea.

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