Scientists discover smallest frog
This tiny Cuban frog is sitting on a Cuban 10-cent coin (about the size of a U.S. nickel) and is the smallest frog in the Northern Hemisphere. The orange and black-striped creature, about one centimeter long, was recently discovered by a team of biologists from Cuba and Penn State that included S. Blair Hedges, professor of biology in the Eberly College of Science. Hedges and Cuban scientist Alberto R. Estrada say the frog is in the genus Eleutherodactylus which in print is more than three times as long as the frog itself. This newly found frog is tied for the world record with the smallest frog in the Southern Hemisphere.