Guwahati, April 14 -- A team of herpetologists associated with the Guwahati-based Arya Vidyapeeth College discovered a new frog species at the Garbhanga Reserve Forest, a biodiversity hotspot on the outskirts of Guwahati Assam, according to the sources.

Sources stated that herpetologists Jayaditya Purkayastha, Dipankar Dutta, Jayanta Gogoi, and Saibal Sengupta discovered the species. Later, the team named the newly discovered species Leptobrachium aryatium, in honor of Arya Vidyapeeth College, in Guwahati.

It stated that the frog species has fiery orange-and-black eyes, a unique reticulated throat pattern, and a smooth, rhythmic call at dusk. Scientific analysis of its appearance, DNA, and call patterns confirmed Leptobrachium aryatium ...