''Paedophryne'' (from the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

''paedos'' (παίδος) "child" and ''phryne'' (φρύνος) "toad, frog") is a genus of

microhylid The Microhylidae, commonly known as narrow-mouthed frogs, are a geographically widespread family (biology), family of frogs. The 683 species are in 63 genera and 11 subfamilies, which is the largest number of genera of any frog family. Evolution ...

frog A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-f ...

s from

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

, including

D'Entrecasteaux Islands D'Entrecasteaux Islands () are situated near the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The group spans a distance of , has a total land area of approximately and is separated from the Papua New G ...

. All seven species known so far are amongst the smallest frog and vertebrate species.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Paedophryne'': * ''

Paedophryne amauensis ''Paedophryne amauensis'' is a species of microhylid frog endemic to eastern Papua New Guinea. At in snout-to-vent length, it is considered the world's smallest known vertebrate. (See also Ecological guild.) The species was listed in the ''T ...

'' Rittmeyer ''et al.'', 2012 * ''

Paedophryne dekot ''Paedophryne'' (from the Ancient Greek ''paedos'' (παίδος) "child" and ''phryne'' (φρύνος) "toad, frog") is a genus of microhylid frogs from Papua New Guinea, including D'Entrecasteaux Islands. All seven species known so far are ...

'' Kraus, 2011 * '' Paedophryne kathismaphlox'' Kraus, 2010 * '' Paedophryne oyatabu'' Kraus, 2010 * ''

Paedophryne swiftorum ''Paedophryne swiftorum'' is a species of frog from Papua New Guinea discovered in 2008 and formally described in January 2012. It lives among leaf litter on the tropical rainforest floor and was named after the Swift family who had provided fun ...

'' Rittmeyer ''et al.'', 2012 * '' Paedophryne titan'' Kraus, 2015 * ''

Paedophryne verrucosa ''Paedophryne'' (from the Ancient Greek ''paedos'' (παίδος) "child" and ''phryne'' (φρύνος) "toad, frog") is a genus of microhylid frogs from Papua New Guinea, including D'Entrecasteaux Islands. All seven species known so far are am ...

'' Kraus, 2011

Gallery

File:Paedophryne kathismaphlox, dorsal view.jpg, ''Paedophryne kathismaphlox'' File:Paedophryne oyatabu.jpg, ''Paedophryne oyatabu'' File:Paedophryne dekot2.jpg, ''Paedophryne dekot'' File:Paedophryne verrucosa2.jpg, ''Paedophryne verrucosa'' File:Paratype of Paedophryne amauensis (LSUMZ 95004).png, ''Paedophryne amauensis'' on a dime File:Paratype of Paedophryne swiftorum.png, ''Paedophryne swiftorum''

Footnotes

Microhylidae Amphibians of New Guinea Amphibian genera {{Microhylidae-stub