26 Aug 2010

Tiny frog discovered in Borneo

7:45 am on 26 August 2010

Scientists have discovered a frog the size of a pea, on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo.

The frog - the smallest found in Asia, Africa or Europe - has been named microhyla nepenthicola after the plant on which it lives.

Scientists tracked the tiny amphibians by their call, finding them on the edge of a mountain road in a national park.

The find is part of a global search being undertaken by two international conservation groups to "rediscover" 100 species of lost amphibians.