Real or fake?

[Deac77]

[arielgasca420]

I stumbled on this one last year while on the internet. There are only a few different shots of this frog. I would believe it, but it looks very rare

[ejh805]

That picture looks photoshopped. So I'd say fake.

[arielgasca420]

woah woah, before we go judging based of this picture which looks to be enhanced, lets take a look at others before jumping to conclusions.

[arielgasca420]

frog forum isnt working too well for me right now

[ejh805]

Performed a quick google search using the info above the picture, and it looks like it's a real species, but the photo is VERY altered.


These were a couple of pictures that came up when "Atelopus varius" was typed in. Chances are that whoever made this picture simply changed the color of where the yellow is into that pinkish hue. Either that or found a real picture and made the colors much stronger/vibrant than they really are.

[ejh805]

These are pictures of Atelopus varius that I pulled off the Smithsonian's webpage on them.

[UncleChester]

Pink/purple seems to exist in froggies. From a few years back: Scientists find 24 new species in Suriname - Technology & science - Science | NBC News

The colour in the one from Facebook may have had the saturation ramped up (and be a different species from the Atelopus above), but if you're viewing pictures likely taken without any regard to colour accuracy on a non-calibrated monitor in a web browser that doesn't recognize colour profiles and have an expectation that what you're looking at actually matches reality, raise your hand

[flybyferns]

The purple looks scribbled ........on ?


Google Image Result for http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-L73HzQl8n4I/TiIKdfZkVaI/AAAAAAAAEBE/UgWkOwRsO54/s1600/Screen%2Bshot%2B2011-07-16%2Bat%2B3.02.06%2BPM.png


https://twitter.com/EcoInteractive/s...84643944517632

Pictures of poison frogs

[Deac77]

Ok cool!! Thanks guys