UAE researchers discover new frog

WAM

A team of zoologists from a university in the UAE have discovered a new frog species in Ethiopia.

The researchers from New York University Abu Dhabi made the discovery in a remote forest in the southwestern part of the country.

They've named it the Bibita Mountain dwarf puddle frog.

It has a slender body with long legs, elongated fingers and is golden in colour.

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