Tiny, New, Pea-Sized Frog Is Old World's Smallest
August 25th, 2010
By: Science Daily
Micronyal Nepenthicola is the tiniest frog the world has ever set eyes on! This frog was last seen in the 1950’s and was rediscovered in a late night of September 4th, 2004. This tiny amphibian was spotted on the road side of the summit of Gunung Serapi, which is in the Kubah National Park and is located on the Southeast island of Borneo. Dr. Indraneil Das and Alexander Hass have set out on mission to find these magnificent lost creatures. Micronyal Nepenthicola is about 15 millimeters long, about the size of a pea. This frog lives in shady damp forests of Borneo. This cold blooded creature deposits its eggs on the sides of a plant which the frog relies on. The unborn frog grows from the water accumulation of the plant. Nepenthes Ampullaria, the plant that helps the frog grow, is also its name sake.
This topic to me was extremely interesting to me, not only did scientists find a tiny frog, but they found a lost tiny frog! I was researching more on this topic when I found an actual blog from the scientist that found this frog! I thought that it was awesome to hear his exact words on finding a “new” species. I wonder what other animals that have gone missing. Hopefully in the future we are able to find other animals like the Micronyal Nepenthicola. This helps me further understand what topics we are learning about in class because it show that global warming has a lot to do with the animals all around the world. We have done a lot to this world, with the amount of pollution we give off every day affects the habitats around the world. Maybe something happened to this frog’s environment and it caused a lot of the population to die away. I am interested in finding out more about this topic. Hopefully there is new information to come.
By- Blaise Sevier
September 20th, 2010
Love the detail you used this was really fun to read
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ReplyDeleteI think that you summarized the article really well and I liked that you actually went searching for further information on the topic. Ill try to find the scientists blog! I also think that you made the article more interesting saying that there could be more species we yet have to discover.
Great summary of the article and great job making it short without losing any of the important information.
ReplyDeleteThe length was great you included all the important parts with just enough details. By the time i read the first sentence i was hooked, great opening sentences. All in all, good job!
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