thinkoholic.com - a blog by markus nolf
[posted: Thursday, 2009-05-28] [category: nature] [tags: ]

in the forests of venezuela, there’s a rare frog that offers views i never dreamt of: the glass frog (cochranella antisthenesi) is partly transparent and lets you see directly into its interior.

glass frog

in this picture by h. & h.j. koch, you can see a female and her eggs.

more information on the family of glass frogs (wikipedia): de, en

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3 comments:

  1. Paethon says:

    Very, very cool :)

  2. lin.showme says:

    do you know h. & h.j. website?
    i really want know
    incredible glass frogs!!!!

  3. markus says:

    their full names are “heidi & hans-jürgen koch”, but i coudln’t find a web address.

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