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 #Amazon region of western #Brazil. 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
