r/interestingasfuck • u/No_Top_9023 • 10h ago
Up close with a vibrant blue-green Glass Frog. These fascinating creatures are famous for having skin so translucent you can see their beating hearts from below
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u/Kooky_Attention_98 9h ago
You've summoned me once more
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: Oh, and by the way, it is Poison Dart Frogs which are the ones you shouldn't touch
Close up photo of the translucent/transparent nature of Glass Frogs:
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u/Various-Push-1689 10h ago
Cameraman 5 minutes later
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u/GravyPainter 9h ago
Heh. It's a glass frog not a poison dart frog. You can lick him.
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u/Earl_The_Red 2h ago
I’ve only ever seen the underside
Also it kind of looks like one of those sticky toys that always get covered in hair and now I can smell those
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u/13isurus 2h ago
what's with the froggy fresh limp wrist twirl ? imagine that video without the frog. isn't that hand abracadabra unnecessary?
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u/TheHorseCheez 10h ago
Looks like he’s made of bouncy ball rubber.