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Ultra-rare 'scrotum frog' goes on display at British zoo for first time ever

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox! A rare species of endangered frog nicknamed the "scrotum frog" because of its saggy skin has gone on display at a British zoo for the first time.

The Lake Titicaca frog is the world's largest aquatic frog. It spends most its life at the bottom of the lake, absorbing oxygen using its saggy folds of excessive skin.This trait that has seen it labelled the "scrotum frog." Twenty of the rare amphibians are now being cared for at Chester Zoo, where experts are studying their behaviour as part of a conservation efforts.

The zoo was the first in Europe to give a home to the species and it is hoped their conservation efforts will help prevent total extinction of the frog which is being wiped out.

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