![]() ![]() Waxy monkey tree frogs ( Phyllomedusa sauvagii) walk along branches, gripping them like monkeys do. ![]() Described in a 2012 study published in the journal PLOS One (opens in new tab), this frog grows to an average length of 0.3 inch (7.7 millimeters), making it the smallest known vertebrate on Earth, Live Science previously reported.įrogs are famed for their fantastic jumping skills, but not all frogs hop. The world's smallest known frog is a tiny species called Paedophryne amauensis from Papua New Guinea. Goliath frogs appear to use their great size to shift rocks weighing more than 4 pounds (2 kg) to build " nursery ponds" that they clean and guard, Live Science previously reported. The largest frogs are Goliath frogs ( Conraua goliath) from Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea they can grow to be more than 1.1 feet (34 centimeters) long and weigh 7.3 pounds (3.3 kilograms), according to a 2019 study published in the Journal of Natural History (opens in new tab). Frogs come in a variety of shapes, colors and sizes. ![]()
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