--- description: Scientist Brian Kubicki claims a new species of glassfrog Hyalinobatrachium dianae has been discovered in the Talamanca Mountains title: Scientists Claim They Found a New Species of Frog, and It Looks Like Kermit image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb177ca8dd0df3fd/6987ebf00b72e3064b6e1954/479414715.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Scientists Claim They Found a New Species of Frog, and It Looks Like Kermit  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 20, 2015 9:46 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 18: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Kermit the Frog visits the SiriusXM Studios on March 18, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 18: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Kermit the Frog visits the SiriusXM Studios on March 18, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)Cindy Ord—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 20, 2015 9:46 PM CUT Photos of a “newly discovered and described” translucent species of frog are [going viral](https://www.facebook.com/cramphibian/photos/a.146452698826058.30676.113875372083791/515087145295943/?type=1&theater "undefined") because media outlets say the creature looks like Kermit the Frog. Brian Kubicki, founder of the Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center, claims his team has found six specimens of a type of glass frog that has been called _Hyalinobatrachium dianae_ in the Talamanca Mountains. “With the addition of this newly described species, Costa Rica is known to have 14 glassfrogs inhabiting its tiny national territory,” [according to a statemen](https://www.facebook.com/cramphibian/photos/a.146452698826058.30676.113875372083791/515087145295943/?type=1&theater "undefined")t on the center’s Facebook page. The findings are [detailed in a piece](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/z03920p084f.pdf "undefined") recently published in the journal _Zootaxa_ by Kubicki, with co-authors Stanley Salazar and Robert Puschendorf. Is that Kermit? Newfound species resembles the world's most famous frog [pic.twitter.com/IIOivri5yV](http://t.co/IIOivri5yV "undefined") — TODAY (@TODAYshow) [April 20, 2015](https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/590135462439694336?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") Newly discovered Costa Rican glassfrog species is a [#Kermit](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kermit?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") look-alike [#FNSciTech](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FNSciTech?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") [pic.twitter.com/FYhr8sdoJt](http://t.co/FYhr8sdoJt "undefined") — Fox News SciTech (@FoxNewsTech) [April 20, 2015](https://twitter.com/FoxNewsTech/status/590247604195168256?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") If you think this real frog (on the right) looks exactly like Kermit (on the left) -- RETWEET! [pic.twitter.com/ifwWBw71sT](http://t.co/ifwWBw71sT "undefined") — WPXI (@WPXI) [April 20, 2015](https://twitter.com/WPXI/status/590247851424358400?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3828716/new-species-kermit-frog-costa-rica/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3828716/new-species-kermit-frog-costa-rica/"},"headline":"Scientists Claim They Found a New Species of Frog, and It Looks Like Kermit","datePublished":"2015-04-20T21:46:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:56.698Z","description":"Found in Costa Rica's Talamanca Mountains","url":"https://time.com/3828716/new-species-kermit-frog-costa-rica/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Science topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb177ca8dd0df3fd/6987ebf00b72e3064b6e1954/479414715.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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