VIDEO: Scientists discover real-life Kermit the Frog

Scientists from the Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center have found six specimens of a new glass frog species which they’ve named Hyalinobatrachium dianae. The frog’s common name comes from the fact that its skin is so translucent that you can see its internal organs.

The team's findings were published in the journal Zootaxa.
 

 

The team posted an announcement on their official Facebook page, talking about the discovery. “With the addition of this newly described species, Costa Rica is known to have 14 glassfrogs inhabiting its tiny national territory.”

 

 

The photos have gone viral as various media outlets noted the frog's striking resemblance to Sesame Street’s Kermit the Frog.

 

 — TJD, GMA News