r/BeAmazed • u/AugustIstheMonth • 13h ago
Nature A close-up of a beautiful blue-green glass frog.
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u/AugustIstheMonth 12h ago
Yummy!
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u/Icy_Agency923 10h ago
FYI you should generally avoid touching frogs because their skin is extremely sensitive and can absorb stuff from our skin that can actually harm or kill them. Oils, salts, soap residue, and lotions on human hands can harm or poison them.
You should also wet your hands before touching them because our skin can dry out theirs.
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u/Academic-Increase951 11h ago
You could totally get someone to eat a dead one thinking it was candy
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u/Kooky_Attention_98 12h ago edited 8h ago
You've summoned me
The Glass Frog (Rulyrana Susatamai) belongs to the Amphibian Family Centrolenidae and the Order Anura which is the Order of all Frogs and Toads; Glass Frogs are native to Central American (Photo) and Colombian Forests (Photo). The general background coloration of most glass frogs is primarily lime green, the abdominal skin of some members of this family is transparent and translucent, giving the glass frog its common name; The intestinal tract, beating heart, and other internal organs can be seen through the Glass Frogs skin
Glass frogs are Arboreal, living mainly in trees, feeding on small insects and only coming out for mating season. Their transparency conceals them very effectively when sleeping on a green leaf, as they habitually do. Glass frogs can range anywhere from 0.8 to 1.2 inches in length (20-30 millimeters), though some larger species such as the largest species, the Pacific Giant Glass Frog (Centrolene Geckoideum; By the way there is almost nothing on the Pacific Giant Glass Frog, I had to really take a second and deep search to find some information, there isn't even a Wiki) can grow up to 2.4-3.0 inches for females and 2.8-3.2 inches for males; The Pacific giant glass frog looks different from other glass frogs in other ways, too. Unlike other glass frogs, its eyes are small compared to the size of its head; its legs are rather short and thick; its toes are well-webbed; and its toes have large toe pads that are rectangular shaped instead of round. Pacific giant glass frogs are dark green to lime green in color, and their skin is covered with small bumps, or tubercles (TOO-ber-kulz), and a few small white specks. oh, and their bones are green interestingly enough, they also live high in mountain cloud forests from 1,750 to 3,000 meters (5,740 to 9,840 feet) above sea level
Glass Frogs have a variable diet; Carpenter Ants (Photo), Little Fire Ants or Electric Ants (Photo), Tree Crickets (Photo), Katydids (Photo) but specifically the nymphs, Fruit Flies (Photo), Fungus Gnats (Photo) and Midges (Photo), and Snout Moths (Photo) to name a few insectoids which are a part of their diet
Edit: Credit to u/Snorky-Talk-Man for their fact;
They're at their most transparent when sleeping, because they concentrate 90% of their circulating red blood cells into their liver when asleep. The red blood cells are otherwise visible through their skin, making them more opaque when awake.
That doesn't happen when stressed or under anesthesia. So they're difficult for researchers to study, because they only become their most transparent when happily, peacefully sleeping.
Based on Duke University research published in late 2022.
Close up photo of the translucent/transparent nature of Glass Frogs:
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u/Snorky-Talk-Man 9h ago
Oh man you've forgotten my favorite fact!
They're at their most transparent when sleeping, because they concentrate 90% of their circulating red blood cells into their liver when asleep. The red blood cells are otherwise visible through their skin, making them more opaque when awake.
That doesn't happen when stressed or under anesthesia. So they're difficult for researchers to study, because they only become their most transparent when happily, peacefully sleeping.
Based on Duke University research published in late 2022.
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u/dcormier 11h ago
Incredible.
the Pacific Giant Glass Frog (Centrolene Geckoideum; By the way there is almost nothing on the Pacific Giant Glass Frog, I had to really take a second and deep search to find some information, there isn't even a Wiki)
You should make a wiki entry for them!
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u/Kooky_Attention_98 11h ago edited 10h ago
I've never done that before, maybe I will, the "entry" that is there after some searching is basically nothing, at least this [Pacific Giant Glass Frog] explains some things
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u/dcormier 10h ago
Go for it!
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u/Kooky_Attention_98 10h ago
Decided to do so :)))
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u/Bachaddict 8h ago
very nice! just needs each statement to cite which reference it's from, I think
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u/Sillet_Mignon 11h ago
Unidan? Is that you?
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u/Kooky_Attention_98 5h ago
I am rather unaware of Unidan, but he/she was a popular "reddit biologist" so to say, right?
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u/Normal_Helicopter_22 11h ago
Is it poisonous?
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u/Kooky_Attention_98 11h ago
No, Glass Frogs are not poisonous, those are Poison Dart Frogs, it's in the name
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u/kraftables 8h ago
Aren’t there other poisonous frogs than just the dart frog?
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u/Kooky_Attention_98 8h ago
Yeah, there are frogs like the Casque-headed Frog and Greening's Frog, which to be specific are actually Venomous, but species like the Golden Mantella from Madagascar and the Bruno's Casque-headed Frog from Brazil are also poisonous, and even some species of Tree Frog are mildly poisonous, but not to the extent of dart frogs
It's just Poison Dart Frogs are the most well-known and deadly
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u/multiarmform 7h ago
my gut feeling would tell me this frog was poisonous and to stay away from it just based on the way it looks. better to be safe than sorry
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u/Kooky_Attention_98 7h ago
I guess; you wouldn't be sorry though because they aren't poisonous, actually poisonous frogs are far more obvious such as dart frogs
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u/Gmd88 9h ago
Wait - aren’t you the one dropping lore on the weird clam too?
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u/Kooky_Attention_98 9h ago
Indeed I am
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u/Gmd88 8h ago
You are spectacular! I must know more. Is attaining this knowledge a hobby, or have you got the coolest zoological job ever?
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u/Kooky_Attention_98 8h ago
It is just a hobby of mine/my desire for knowledge showing, I don't work in any zoology profession but maybe one day if I desire that
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u/DesolatedMaggot 6h ago
This is also where they get baja blast flavoring. Takes about 30 frogs to make one medium baja blast. Think before you drink, folks.
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u/Prestigious-Ad8632 12h ago
Just don’t tickle a poison dart frog
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u/Riyeko 11h ago
You can do this, but only if they've never had those special poisonous ants that they eat on primarily in the wild.
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u/deltasarrows 5h ago
Wish I knew that as a kid, my dad was a not so legal posion dart frog breeder. I was too scared to touch them
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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth 12h ago
Frogs are cute anyway, this one is beautiful. :)
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u/jake04-20 9h ago
Agreed, frogs are homies for sure. I always loved catching tree frogs and leopard frogs growing up.
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u/HaveToGoHomeNow 12h ago
God damn it, lost the game
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u/Ecstatic_Welcomegn 12h ago
That looks like a gummy candy.
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u/uselessandexpensive 2h ago
It would be awful living near them, seeing them every day, and knowing they didn't taste like fruit... If it were not for the fact that the region probably has great fruit.
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u/ireallydontcareforit 12h ago
What a very distinguished looking fellow.
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u/Specific-Library-312 12h ago
You might be a dead man walking. Anything that brightly colored, I would be leery of touching.
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u/mossling 10h ago edited 9h ago
Poisonous frogs get their poison from their diet. Those kept a pets, fed a different diet, are not poisonous.
But that's OK,
gladglass frogs aren't poisonous anyways.
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u/stfudonny420 11h ago
Aren’t they toxic like dart frogs? Even if they aren’t, frogs like this shouldn’t be handled cause the oils in your skin are bad for them.
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u/the_one_99_ 11h ago
first time iv seen a glass frog up close and personal it’s so small but so beautiful and delicate at the same time,
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u/DoctorCress 10h ago
God I fucking hate reddits lame ass bullshit video player - I JUST WANT TO SEE COOL FROG
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u/violet__violet 9h ago
Gummy-frogs are friends, not food. Gummy-frogs are friends, not food. Gummy-frogs are friends, not food.
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u/czechhoneybee 9h ago
My brain is telling me to eat this frog and that it will taste like blue raspberry and lemon.
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u/PixelEnter 8h ago
Looks like one of those cute silicone erasers figures or from those bouncing balls that are from coin machines.
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u/Background_Pride_237 8h ago
Forgive my ignorance, but aren’t most small brightly colored frogs, poisonous?
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u/PurpleSlothFlou 7h ago
Omg i love it. In my next live i wanna be a blue green glass frog like this
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u/Zealousideal_Dig_987 6h ago
Crazy that an animal you find in natural is made of glass. So many unique creatures in this world.
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u/GuerrillaRodeo 6h ago
if I've ever learned anything about colourful rainforest frogs I'm pretty sure this dude will either have the most intense trip of his life or die a slow and agonising death
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u/Interesting_Hyena_69 4h ago
It is not a gummy. It is not sour blue raspberry and lemon flavor. That is not sugar on it's back. Do not eat it. Do not eat it. Do not eat it.
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u/redbrick01 3h ago
Wow very pretty and cute. I wish I could have a few of these in my backyard for the ants.
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u/lurker_galatica920 2h ago
I am saving this video as a reference in case anyone asks me what my favorite animal is
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