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Smallest frog in Asia discovered in Borneo
Researchers on an expedition in Borneo have found a new and very tiny species of frog.
Male adults of the new species, named Microhyla nepenthicola, grow to approximately one centimetre in length.
The team found the frog when it emerged from a small pitcher plant, Nepenthes ampullaria, in which it lives.
The plant lives off decomposing organic matter that collects in its deep pitcher-shaped cavity. The little frog uses this as a habitat.