New 'Kermit' Frog Species Discovered in Costa Rica: Meets Kermit's Doppelgänger!
The Costa Rican Amphibian Research centre has recently discovered a new species of "Glass Frogs". The biggest trivia about the Frog is that is greatly resembles the character of Kermit the Frog from the popular American kids TV show the Muppets.
The research was lead by a Minnesota based scientist in the Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica. Kermit is a very famous character and has several pop cultural references associated with him.
But the frog is not to be named after Kermit. The research centre decided to classify the species in honour of mother of Brian Kubicki (who's a senior author in the research group) - Janet Diane Kubcki.
The species will be classified and termed as "Hylinpbatrachium dianae". Stanley Salazar and Robert Puschendorf were also a part of this research group & have been accredited with the discovery of this new species.
Brian Kubicki stated that the frog is very delicate and he termed this to be an indicator of the good environment in Costa Rica where the frog was discovered.
This Kermit doppelgänger is one among several species of frogs discovered in Costa Rica. In fact till date the nation has Fourteen Species of these so called "Glass Frogs". They are predominantly found in the South American Continent and in Central America.
The name glass frog is derived from the fact that these frogs are extremely fragile and their skins are translucent, i.e. one can almost see through their skins. One can in fact see through the skin of these glass frogs to the extent that all internal organs of the frog is clearly visible.
Although most glass frogs are similar the team have distinctly identified this to be a different species owing to its unique skin colour and its sound of call.