Paedophryne

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| taxon = Paedophryne

| image = Paedophryne kathismaphlox.jpg

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| authority = Kraus, 2010{{Cite journal | last1 = Kraus | first1 = F. | title = New genus of diminutive microhylid frogs from Papua New Guinea | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.48.446 | journal = ZooKeys | year = 2010 | issue = 48 | pages = 39–59| doi-access = free }} {{open access}}

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Paedophryne (from the Ancient Greek paedos (παίδος) "child" and phryne (φρύνος) "toad, frog") is a genus of microhylid frogs from Papua New Guinea, including D'Entrecasteaux Islands.{{cite web |url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Microhylidae/Asterophryinae/Paedophryne |title=Paedophryne Kraus, 2010 |author=Frost, Darrel R. |year=2014 |work=Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0 |publisher=American Museum of Natural History |access-date=8 March 2014}} All seven species known so far are amongst the smallest frog and vertebrate species.{{Cite journal | last1 = Kraus | first1 = F. | doi = 10.3897/zookeys.154.1963 | title = At the lower size limit for tetrapods, two new species of the miniaturized frog genus Paedophryne (Anura, Microhylidae) | journal = ZooKeys | issue = 154 | pages = 71–88 | year = 2011 | pmid = 22287916| pmc = 3238040| doi-access = free }} {{open access}}{{Cite journal | last1 = Rittmeyer | first1 = E. N. | last2 = Allison | first2 = A. | last3 = Gründler | first3 = M. C. | last4 = Thompson | first4 = D. K. | last5 = Austin | first5 = C. C. | title = Ecological guild evolution and the discovery of the world's smallest vertebrate | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0029797 | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = e29797 | year = 2012 | pmid = 22253785| pmc = 3256195| bibcode = 2012PLoSO...729797R | doi-access = free }} {{open access}}