This tiny poison dart frog is a new discovery: it has been given the name Ranitomeya hwata by researchers who identified it as a distinct species in the region of western . Just 15mm long, the frogs live exclusively on a single type of plant: “The most noteworthy thing about this species is how much it really loves living in Guadua bamboo,” said one of the scientists involved.

Photograph: Juan Carlos Chaparro/Peru’s Biodiversity Museum/AFP/Getty Images


Tiny black & yellow poison dart frog with spotted legs.
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