This Adorable New Species Is So Tiny That It Grows Up In The Water Droplets Of Bamboo Stems

This Adorable New Species Is So Tiny That It Grows Up In The Water Droplets Of Bamboo Stems

This Adorable New Species Is So Tiny That It Grows Up In The Water Droplets Of Bamboo Stems Picture a button, a pencil eraser, or a dime. Those small-scale objects are the same size as a new species of poison dart frog, the Ranitomeya hwata .  At 15 millimeters, it’s the smallest frog ever found in the Ranitomeya genus.  Despite its minuscule size, scientists were able to spot the new species on an expedition through Alto Purús National Park in the Amazonian lowland forests of western Brazil and southeastern Peru. By comparing museum records, the researchers confirmed that the new species can also be found in northern Bolivia, which borders Brazil and Peru.   According to a press release from a Peruvian conservation agency, the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State, the discovery “highlights the biological richness of protected natural areas and the key role they play in the conservation of species still unknown to science.” Like other poison dart frogs, the frog boasts di…