Lukas VF Novak on Nostr: Less than 7 mm in length, this Atlantic Rainforest flea #toad is the second-smallest ...
Less than 7 mm in length, this Atlantic Rainforest flea #toad is the second-smallest vertebrate described in the world
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-mm-length-atlantic-rainforest-flea.html paper: https://peerj.com/articles/18265/
"There are small #toads with all the characteristics of large toads except for their size. This genus is different. During its #evolution, it underwent what we biologists call miniaturization, which involves loss, reduction and/or fusion of bones, as well as fewer digits and absence of other parts of its anatomy"
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-mm-length-atlantic-rainforest-flea.html paper: https://peerj.com/articles/18265/
"There are small #toads with all the characteristics of large toads except for their size. This genus is different. During its #evolution, it underwent what we biologists call miniaturization, which involves loss, reduction and/or fusion of bones, as well as fewer digits and absence of other parts of its anatomy"