Kermit the Frog is a Muppet character created in 1955 and originally performed by Jim Henson. An anthropomorphic green frog, Kermit is the pragmatic everyman protagonist of numerous Muppet productions, most notably as the showrunner and host of the sketch comedy television series The Muppet Show and a featured role on Sesame Street. He has ...

May 21, 2015 · Calling all Muppets fans: A new species of see-through frog looks just like Kermit. The lime-green amphibian has bulging white eyes with black pupils, much like those of the famous frog...

Apr 21, 2015 · Calling all Muppets fans: A new species of see-through glass frog found in Costa Rica looks just like Kermit. The lime-green amphibian, which took the Internet by storm this week, has bulging...

Apr 21, 2015 · Hyalinobatrachium dianae, a new species of glass frog, was discovered in Costa Rica. Years of studies and research had to be done before the Kermit doppelganger could be recognized as a new species, he added.

Apr 22, 2015 · 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...

Apr 21, 2015 · Kermit the Frog's distant real-life cousin has just been discovered in the jungles of Costa Rica. The new species, Diane's Bare-hearted Glassfrog (Hyalinobatrachium dianae), is most remarkable for its translucent underbelly (hence the name “glassfrog”) and its bulging white eyes, which look just like Kermit's!

Mar 4, 2023 · The real-life Kermit the frog A species of Costa Rican frog of the Centrolenidae family is lime green with bulging white eyes and black horizontal pupils, although it is only about one inch long and with a transparent underbelly.

Sep 24, 2013 · In his early appearances on the locally broadcast TV show 'Sam and Friends,' Kermit was a creature of indeterminate species. He didn't become a frog until at least 10 years later. Johnny Carson may have been the first person to identify Kermit as a frog on television.

Apr 21, 2015 · Researchers have now revealed that a newly discovered species of frog in Costa Rica looks just like him, causing us to wonder if Kermit is more real than we ever thought.

Apr 20, 2015 · Kubicki discovered Hyalinobatrachium dianae (aka Kermit,) in Costa Rica and he is identifiable by his neon green skin-tone and large, Kermit-like eyes. H. dianae was discovered in the Talamanca mountains; it is the first new species of glass frog to be discovered in Costa Rica in over 40 years.