Raleigh International

Raleigh expedition country Borneo can boast another environmental credential after one of the world's tiniest frogs, barely larger than a pea, has been accidentally found on the island.

Indraneil Das, a scientist at University Malaysia Sarawak, said he and another scientist from Germany were doing field research on frogs in Malaysia's Sarawak state when they stumbled upon the tiny species on the edge of a road leading to the summit of a mountain in the Kubah National Park.
"For biologists, this is a curiosity," he told news agency The Associated Press.
The species had been spotted before, but had been misidentified as being juveniles of another frog species, he said.

It is hoped the discovery will encourage efforts to protect the biological diversity in Borneo's rain forests.

The news follows the rediscovery of a hairy-nosed otter and rare film footage of a pygmy rhino.