After spider species named after Andre Matos , Klaus Meine , and Bruce Dickinson , crabs honoring Nightwish , and a snake species named after James Hetfield Led Zeppelin's turn to lend its name to a new species of frog.
Researchers David Brito-Zapata and Carolina Reyes-Puig registered the new discovery as Pristimantis ledzeppelin . The small frog was discovered in the Cordillera del Cóndor, located in the Andes between Ecuador and Peru, can grow up to 3.6 cm and has reddish eyes and multicolored skin (in shades of yellow, brown, black and orange).
“The name honors Led Zeppelin and their extraordinary music,” the scientists wrote for Neotropical Biodiversity . “Led Zeppelin was a British rock band formed in London in 1968, one of the most influential bands during the 1970s and the progenitors of both hard rock and heavy metal.”
Led Zeppelin's lead singer, Robert Plant , commented on the discovery on Twitter and made a reference to guitarist Robert Johnson .
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