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This is so cool. A new species of frog has been discovered - and it looks just like Kermit!
As to why this is relevant to the environment, new species are discovered quite often. It's not all a disappearing act.
Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog has some competition.
A newly discovered species of glassfrog looks an awful lot like the famous Muppet.
Bulging white eyes, Kelly green skin, the works.
But the name's not nearly so catchy as its famous counterpart: Hyalinobatrachium dianae, or Diane's bare-hearted glassfrog. If you have to, you can call it H. dianae for short.
Scientists found the species on the Caribbean slopes of Costa Rica....
Newly discovered frog species looks like Kermit - CNN.com
As to why this is relevant to the environment, new species are discovered quite often. It's not all a disappearing act.
Hi-ho, Kermit the Frog has some competition.
A newly discovered species of glassfrog looks an awful lot like the famous Muppet.
Bulging white eyes, Kelly green skin, the works.
But the name's not nearly so catchy as its famous counterpart: Hyalinobatrachium dianae, or Diane's bare-hearted glassfrog. If you have to, you can call it H. dianae for short.
Scientists found the species on the Caribbean slopes of Costa Rica....
Newly discovered frog species looks like Kermit - CNN.com