The scientists called the creature Pendropsophus ozzy because the rocker had once infamously bit the head off a bat during a gig in 1982, reported Femalefirst.
One of the scientists working on the study said, "As soon as I heard its call, I knew it was a new species. I had never heard anything like it."
Once the team brought the creature - a species of treefrog with unusually long fingers and toes - back to their lab, they "kept talking about the 'bat frog,' which led to us talking about being fans of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath."