Monte Iberia Eleuth

Monte Iberia Eleuth:  The Monte Iberia Eleuth (Eleutherodactylus iberia) is the smallest living frog in the northern hemisphere, ranging between 9.6 to 9.8 millimetres (0.38 to 0.39 in) in length. It is the third-smallest frog (and tetrapod) in the world, following Paedophryne amauensis and the Brazilian Gold Frog. It was first discovered in 1996 on Mount Iberia, from which the animal gets its name, and exists in only two small regions of Cuba. Much remains unknown about this small creature. 

The diminutive species was first documented by Cuban scientist Alberto R. Estrada of the Institute of Forest Research in Havana, working with S. Blair Hedges of Pennsylvania State University in association with the National Science Foundation's Biotic Surveys and Inventories Program. On a 1996 expedition to Cuchillas de Moa in search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (now believed to be extinct), four iberia specimens were collected after being uncovered under leaf litter and among the roots of ferns in a secondary hardwood forest on the western slope of Monte Iberia. 

 Monte Iberia Eleuth

 Monte Iberia Eleuth

 Monte Iberia Eleuth

 Monte Iberia Eleuth