These Frogs Hide Thanks to Transparent Skin

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These Frogs Hide Thanks to Transparent Skin –

Hanging out in the trees of Central and South America are some frogs with pretty unusual coloration. Which is to say, parts of them have no color at all. Their bellies are completely see-through!

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Sources:

https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/13694/Trueb_et_al_2009.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232701398_Revision_of_the_characters_of_Centrolenidae_Amphibia_Anura_Athesphatanura_with_comments_on_its_taxonomy_and_the_description_of_new_taxa_of_glassfrogs [PDF]

https://www.pnas.org/content/117/23/12885

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-discover-reason-behind-glass-frogs-translucent-skin-180974979

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/22295078_Infrared_reflectance_in_leaf_sitting_Neotropical_frogs [PDF]

Images:

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/glass-frog-gm108314019-12391329

https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/glass-frog-hyalinobatrachium-sp-e5_vtj5igil4gm942

https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/glass-frog-hyalinobatrachium-sp-4iw-m_jseil64030w

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/the-yellow-flecked-glass-frog-cochranella-albomaculata-a-bright-green-tree-frog-with-gm1281518091-379535277

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/glass-frog-cochranella-granulosa-from-panama-gm1190223117-337323139

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/glass-frog-gm118081891-9290005

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/closeup-nature-view-of-green-leaf-background-gm1208290498-349186791

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/close-up-of-a-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-gm157613274-13139892

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/reticulated-glass-frog-with-eggs-selva-verde-costa-rica-gm1087251912-291701914

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/fleischmanns-glass-frog-backlit-on-leaf-la-fortuna-costa-rica-gm916811130-252258715

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/layers-of-leaves-with-a-tree-frog-silhouette-gm155350410-19113682

https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/summer-season-exotic-leaves-vector-collection-isolated-on-transparent-gm1156126477-314989631

https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/paper-art-of-tropical-leaf-on-black-gm1184781852-333642636

https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/frog-jumping-isolated-frog-jumping-on-white-background-gm1188043399-335848055

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/wild-common-buzzard-in-flight-catching-with-claws-isolated-on-white-background-gm1194687298-340277836

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/carpet-chameleon-in-mantadia-national-park-gm498559370-79724715

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/glasswing-butterfly-on-a-green-leaf-gm1189895811-337078037

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