Delicate but deadly! The Glass Frog sits gracefully on lily pads, its translucent body almost invisible — but one wrong move by a bug and ZAP! Protect your beautiful pond garden from swarms of pesky invaders!
Glass frogs have translucent skin on their bellies, making their internal organs visible to the naked eye! You can literally see their hearts beating, digestive systems working, and sometimes even embryos developing inside females.
Scientists recently discovered that glass frogs hide extra red blood cells in their livers while sleeping, making themselves appear more translucent and harder for predators to spot from below.
Glass frogs lay their eggs on leaves above streams. The father guards the eggs for weeks, keeping them moist by covering them with his body. When ready, the tadpoles drop into the stream below.
Glass frogs are studied by biomedical researchers because their transparent bodies allow direct observation of organ function without surgery — they're living windows into vertebrate biology.