Diminutive frog wins tiniest title

A FROG that can perch on the tip of your finger with room to spare has been claimed as the world’s smallest vertebrate species, smaller than a fish that got the title in 2006.

But the discoverer of another fish disputes the claim.

An article in the PLoS One journal named Paedophryne amauensis as the world’s smallest animal with a spine.

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