The new specie frogs have been discovered by sciencetist. They live in and around of canivorous plants, the frogs have tiny bodies that a bit larger than the pea-sized. The sciencetist, Indraneil Das who made accident discovery said that he named the frog"Microhyla nepenthicola" after the pitcher plant species. The frog were found living aroun and in the pitcher plants specie which were tubular plants killing the insects suck as ants and flies, but did not harm the frogs. Tadpoles grow in the liquid inside the plants. However, the male adult frogs have the range of size approximately between 10.6 millimetres to 12.8 millimetres which the tiniest specie frogs were found in Cuba have appoximately at least 9.8 millimetres.
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