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  • reticulated glass frog, or La Palma glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium valerioi)
    glass frog

    This phenomenon, called edge diffusion, softens the line separating the colour of the frog’s skin from the colour of the background. Not all species have a translucent underside. Viewed from above, most glass frogs appear light green. Their patterning ranges from uniform green to green with white to…

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    This phenomenon, called edge diffusion, softens the line separating the colour of the frog’s skin from the colour of the background. Not all species have a translucent underside. Viewed from above, most glass frogs appear light green. Their patterning ranges from uniform green to green with white to…

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