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Already dubbed a real-life Kermit, a new species of frog has been identified in the rainforests of Costa Rica. The inch-long creature, scientifically named Hyalinobatrachium dianae, joins Costa ...
Costa Rica—which received a 2019 Champions of the Earth award, the United Nations’s highest environmental honor, for its role in protecting nature and combating climate change—hosts plenty ...
The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A herpetofauna between two continents, between two seas by Jay Savage, University of Chicago Press, $75, ISBN 0226735370 Reviewed by Adrian ...
SAN JOSE – Costa Rican scientists reported Tuesday the reappearance of an endemic frog species that had not been sighted for three decades. It was declared extinct in 2004 iby the International ...
A new type of frog has been discovered in Costa Rica and it looks just like Kermit! Check out these pictures that are trending on Twitter right now. Newly discovered frog is a Kermit look-a-like ...
San Jose, Apr 27 (EFE). — A “glass frog” discovered in Costa Rica 40 years after the last sighting of the animal anywhere in the world, is a source of constant admiration because of the ...
There have been a total of 149 species of glass frogs so far discovered, with 14 species found in Costa Rica. The most recent of these was discovered only in 2015 and are notable for their translucent ...
In fact, it has a long whistle like that of an insect, which, according to a new study, may be why scientists didn't notice it for so long—Costa Rica's last glass frog discovery occurred in 1973.
The inch-long creature, scientifically named Hyalinobatrachium dianae, joins Costa Rica's 13 other glass frogs, named for their translucent bodies through which you can view their organs.