A new frog species which unlike ordinary frogs lives only in clean mountain brooks and produces a special sound during mating season has been found in southwest China's Yunnan province.
The new species Leptolalax tengchongensis, commonly known as the Asian litter frog, was spotted in the Tengchong section of Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve in the west of Yunnan and was named after the county of Tengchong. The discovery was jointly made by scientists from the Hong Kong-based Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Sun Yat-Sen University and Kunming Institute of Zoology.
The new frog can be distinguished from a combination of multiple characters, including its relatively small sizes between 2 and 3 cm, shagreen dorsal skin scattered with fine, round-reddish tubercles, toes with rudimentary webbing and narrow lateral fringes, besides flanks with large dark blotches.
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