Five new and rare animal species discovered in China's Yunnan near Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam

BEIJING: In a groundbreaking achievement, Chinese researchers have discovered five new and rare animal species in southwest China's Yunnan Province, according to a report by the Science and Technology Daily.

The five species of the genus Leptobrachella, like little brown frogs, were found by the researchers from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in the city of Wenshan and Dehong Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan.