Down in Costa Rica, researchers
have discovered an attractive, acquainted looking new species. This transparent
newfound amphibian is a frog identified as Diane’s Bare-hearted Glassfrog,
since its underbelly is translucent and takes on the appearance of glass. Most
astonishingly, this strange creature looks just like Kermit the Frog! The frog has evaded discovery until now
because it lives in an isolated location and also because it’s mating call is
quite akin to an insect's call. Brian Kubicki, Stanley Salazar, and Robert
Puschendorf are the inventors who discovered this beautiful Kermit look-alike
between 400m and 800m up in the Talamanca Mountains, stating that its call
sounds like “a single tonal long metallic whistle-like note.” Not only did Dr.
Kubicki able to capture some vivid photos of the frog, he also decided to name
it after his mom Janet Diana Kubicki, according to the Costa Rican Amphibian
Research Center. Source: My Modernmet
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