Menores Anfibios do MundoUm dos menores vertebrados anfibios do mundo foi descrito na India por SD Biju e seus colegas. Tem habitos noturnos. A vida deste sapinho esta sobre serapilheira e entre as raizes de samambaias da floresta tropical umida de Western Ghats de Kerala, uma regiao montanhosa no oeste da India. Biju deu um novo nome para o sapo, Nyctibatrachus minimus. Os machos adultos tem apenas 10 mm de comprimento, E um dos sapos em miniatura dentre outras partes do mundo, incluindo Cuba, a Amazonia e Borneo. A descoberta foi publicada recentemente na revista Science atual. Esta ra minuscula indiano sentado em uma moeda rupia indiana 5 e o menor sapo India. (Credito: Cortesia da imagem da Universidade de Delhi); Este sapo esta sentado em uma moeda rupia indiana 5 (Credito: Cortesia da imagem da Universidade de Delhi) Ao lado vemos uma especie nova de ra amarela que foi encontrada nas montanhas do oeste do Panama. Pertence a um rico grupo de especies de anfibios, os rainfrogs, que nao possuem uma fase de girino, mas desenvolvem diretamente como pequenos sapos dentro do ovo.Vejam Outros Anfibios ...(clicar no link para ver detalhes destes anfibios, Ok )The Smithsonian's National Zoo maintains an active breeding program for the critically endangered Panamanian golden frog. (Credit: Brian Gratwicke, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute) Veja detalhes em: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110613174759.htmAn adult La loma tree frog (Hyloscirtus colymba). (Credit: Brian Gratwicke, Smithsonians National Zoo) Veja detralhes em: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101117141520.htmThe midwife toad: a species that is particularly sensitive to the chytrid fungus. (Credit: Benedikt Schmidt) Veja detalhes em: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110620094856.htmA brightly coloured tropical frog under threat of extinction is the focus of a new research project hoping to better understand how environment and diet influence its development and behaviour. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Manchester. Veja detalhes em: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071025094918.htmRed-eyed tree frog. Amphibians like frogs and toads have existed for 360 million years and survived when the dinosaurs didn't, but a new aquatic fungus is threatening to make many of them extinct. (Credit: iStockphoto/Mark Kostich). Veja detalhes em: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091123114640.htmLimnonectes macrocephalus, one of the frog species in the Philippines that was surveyed by Vance Vredenburg and colleagues for their Asian survey of the chytrid fungus. (Credit: R. Brown, University of Kansas). Veja detalhes em: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110817130945.htmRed-eyed tree frog. Amphibian populations are declining worldwide, principally because of the spread of the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. Researchers know that some amphibian populations and species are innately more susceptible to the disease than others. (Credit: iStockphoto/Mark Kostich) Veja detalhes em: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401101745.htmThe new frog, which is almost two centimetres in length, was given the name the "golden frog of Supata." (Credit: Conservation Leadership Programme). Veja detalhes em http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070828110717.htmCarrikeri harlequin frog. (Credit: Conservation Leadership Programme). After 14 years without having been seen, several young scientists supported by the Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP), have rediscovered the Carrikeri Harlequin Frog (Atelopus carrikeri) in a remote mountainous region in Colombia. Veja detalhes em http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080311160514.htm Ten newfound species of amphibians including a frog with spiky skin and three varieties of frogs with transparent skin have been discovered in the mountains of Colombia.Veja mais detalhes http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,487464,00.html#ixzz1vl94UqYMHerpetologists from