Real or fake?

[tylototriton]

Super duper fake!!! It's modelled after an Atelopus "barbotini" (the taxonomy is a little convoluted, it may be a subspecies of spumarius or flavescens or could be its own species) like the one Ariel put up. I'm having a hard time finding that image in full size, but I think the entire frog is fabricated. It looks like a mix between Atelopus and some sort of Dendrobatid. Although it is similar to real frogs, that one is definitely fake and definitely not Atelopus varius. The pictures Emily posted are the most accurate photos of them. As a side not though, the text is spot on. There are only about 40 or so left in the wild in a very small very secluded region of Costa Rica. If you want to see what those individuals look like Google search "Leenders Atelopus varius".

[UncleChester]

I'm having a hard time finding that image in full size, but I think the entire frog is fabricated.

The image from Facebook is on many websites:

https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sb...SUnkKDF1umrf9Q

Unfortunately none seem to be the original. It does look scribbled on. If photoshopped (and I won't rule this out), they did a pretty good job with the small details. The colouring goes out of focus where it should, and the skins texture is visible where it should be. Not impossible to fake by any means, but not a simple job done in ms paint.

[tylototriton]

I agree, that would be very difficult.

Here is another view from this very forum!
http://www.frogforum.net/tree-frogs/...-wishlist.html

It's a couple images down.


It is most definitely fake though. I'm not sure how they did it, but the front view confirms that. I wonder what the impetus for making that was?

~Alex

[ejh805]

I agree, that would be very difficult.

Here is another view from this very forum!
http://www.frogforum.net/tree-frogs/...-wishlist.html

It's a couple images down.


It is most definitely fake though. I'm not sure how they did it, but the front view confirms that. I wonder what the impetus for making that was?

~Alex

Oh yeah, that's definitely computer generated lol

[UncleChester]

I agree, that would be very difficult.

Here is another view from this very forum!
http://www.frogforum.net/tree-frogs/...-wishlist.html

It's a couple images down.


It is most definitely fake though. I'm not sure how they did it, but the front view confirms that. I wonder what the impetus for making that was?

~Alex

that one confirms it, see

3D model: Atelopus frog . $69.95 [buy, download]


gogo gadget google image search

[tylototriton]

Eh, truth is cooler than fiction anyway. Check out the links Lynn provided. All those Oophaga​ are real!!!

[UncleChester]

Eh, truth is cooler than fiction anyway.

Agreed. Though in person some of those colourful little frogs look bizarre enough to appear fake... until they start hopping around.