Scientists have described a new species of frog from the genus Brachytarsophrys. Named the short-legged toad, the frog was found in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China. It marks the 12th species in the Brachytarsophrys genus, and the third found in Guanxi. The frog is named after the county in Guangxi where it was first discovered. The complete paper describing the species, “A new species of the genus Brachytarsophrys Tian & Hu, 1983 (Anura: Megophryidae) from Guangxi, China” can be read on ResearchGate.net.