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Professor Chris Austin, of Louisiana State University, who discovered the frog on a three-month field trip to the Pacific island, said by contrast these creatures make their habitats on fallen leaves on the floor of tropical rainforests. The tiny creature was discovered in Amau, Papua New Guinea. His discovery of the creatures, named Paedophryne amanuensis after a village called Amau near where they were found, will help scientists understand more about extreme body size, he wrote in the journal PLoS One.
'Garden of Eden' discovered in Papua New Guinea. An international team of scientists says it has found a lost world in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of new animal and plant species. It's as close to the Garden of Eden as you're going to find on Earth, said Bruce Beehler, co-leader of the group.