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As suggested by their name, microhylids are mostly small frogs. Many species are below 1.5 cm (0.59 in) in length, although some species are as large as 9 cm (3.5 in). [3] They can be arboreal or terrestrial, and some even live close to water. The ground-dwellers are often found under leaf litter within forests, occasionally venturing out at ...
The feeding habits of the frogs is that of a modified sit-and-wait forage mode. This means that they will sit and wait for food to arrive, similar to ambush predators. These frogs were observed to stay within a range of 5 cm from the entrance of the burrow and at the end of their foraging period rapidly dart back into the burrow.
Mini is a genus of tiny microhylid frogs that are endemic to southeastern Madagascar where they live among leaf litter in lowland forests. The three species and the genus itself were only scientifically described in 2019; although not yet rated by the IUCN, they have very small ranges and it has been recommended that two qualify as critically endangered and M. ature as data deficient.
The New England tree frog is native to the New England Tableland in eastern Australia where it occurs at altitudes between 500 and 1,100 metres (1,600 and 3,600 ft). Its range extends northwards from the Werrikimbe National Park in New South Wales to southern Queensland and in the Nowendoc area it is the most common species of frog present in streams.
Mini mum is one of the smallest known species of frog, [5] having a snout–vent length of 8.2–11.3 mm (0.32–0.44 in), with females slightly larger than males. The holotype, after being preserved in 70% ethanol for four years, was metallic silver along the middle of the back, bluish-silver on the head, and light silver along the sides of the back, with dark rectangular marks near the groin.
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Mini scule is a species of microhylid frog endemic to Madagascar that was described in 2019. The scientific name of the species refers to its size, being a pun on the word miniscule (a misspelling of minuscule).