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In nature, bright colours usually come with a message: stay away. For many frog species, their striking colours aren’t just ...
Max Doane found the frog two months ago in his backyard in Cumberland. The amphibian was living among the lilies in a small pond his father, Rick Doane, created to attract wildlife. In addition to ...
A rare blue frog found in the Kimberley region of Western Australia has stunned researchers, who say the unusual colouring is probably due to a genetic mutation causing it to lose certain skin ...
In the rainforests of Suriname, a snake stalks a small bright-blue frog. The frog makes no attempt to hide and the predator makes no attempt to attack.
Scientists in Western Australia have found a tree frog which is bright blue, rather than the usual green, due to a rare genetic mutation. The blue magnificent tree frog was spotted in the Charnley ...
This blue pigmentation has been seen in many species in the family Ranidae (e.g. green frogs, leopard frogs, bullfrogs). (Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management) ...
Túngara frogs, whose mating calls sound like they've come straight out of a video game, lay their eggs in foam nests inside puddles. The eggs become tadpoles and, eventually, adult frogs.
When the structural blue (i.e., the reflected wavelength) in a frog combines with its yellow pigment, we’re back to the grade school secondary color green.