GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ<p>How Small Can You Get? Another New-To-Science Flea-Toad Wows Scientists</p><p>“The smallest vertebrates so far discovered are the flea-toads, which live at the limit for how small any vertebrate can possibly get.”</p><p>by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@grrlscientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>grrlscientist</span></a></span> via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Substack</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FleaToad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FleaToad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amphibians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amphibians</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmallestVertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallestVertebrates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/how-small-can-you-get-another-new" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grrlscientist.substack.com/p/h</span><span class="invisible">ow-small-can-you-get-another-new</span></a></p>
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Plazi Species<p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewSpecies</span></a>!<br>New miniaturized flea-toad from <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brazil</span></a> came in:</p><p>Brachycephalus dacnis</p><p>Treatment: <a href="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C3F71A-8B5F-673E-8086-FCF2FDB2FDCF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">treatment.plazi.org/id/03C3F71</span><span class="invisible">A-8B5F-673E-8086-FCF2FDB2FDCF</span></a><br>Publication: <a href="http://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18265" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18265</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/thePeerJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thePeerJ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BrachycephalusDacnis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrachycephalusDacnis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/FAIRdata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAIRdata</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/openaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openaccess</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxonomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/herpetology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herpetology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/herps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/amphibia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amphibia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/frogfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frogfriday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/toads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/fleatoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fleatoad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/miniature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miniature</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/FleaToad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FleaToad</span></a> may be world's smallest vertebrate<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-02-flea-toad-world-smallest-vertebrate.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-02-flea-toa</span><span class="invisible">d-world-smallest-vertebrate.html</span></a></p><p>Zooming in on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/amphibians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amphibians</span></a>: Which is the smallest <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/vertebrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vertebrate</span></a> in the world? By Wendy Bolaños et al. <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zsc.12654" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1111/zsc.12654</span></a></p><p>"there are likely limits—most tiny <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frogs</span></a> have odd quirks such as fewer toes than other frogs, or insufficiently formed ears—signs that suggest frogs that are any smaller would have trouble surviving."</p>
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