Australian or Indonesian ?

[Leefrogs]

I've looked at a million pictures of whites frogs and still can't tell the difference. Then went and got two books bout whites, one by J Coborn, one by P de Vosjoli. Each says the other has more a blue color. I can't tell by the eye brows what's who. Can done one give me a side by side pict if each, please, sooo confused.

[wesleybrouwer]

Top is the Indonesian L.caerulea, bottom originates from Australia

Altough there are also really blue animals, those are bred with a genetical disorder.
The green concists out of blue and yellow pigments, sometimes the yellow pigment will be missing,
resulting in a blue coloration.
In nature this can be rarely seen as well, breeding by selection can result in a higher percentage of frogs with the pigment deficiency.

[Leefrogs]

ok I read that , i know bout blue phase. Thanks for side by side, these are your own animals im taking it. But I'm looking for eye brow differnces, kinda see it there, less bump on true Aussie, did the breeding of blue phase flatten the bumps more? Or is this typical eye bump for any Aussie? Thanks for the pict, that helped, those two books describe difference, but didn't label each pict A or I......


I'd like an Aussie next time, and wana see difference. Thanks again!!!!!

[Kisa]

Looking at that picture I'm thinking now that my Bruce (WTF) might be Australian but I always thought he was indonesian because of his tendency to be brown. Not sure if there's a coloration difference besides the blue phase but I read somewhere that Indonesians tend on being more brown than green, is that true or did I read wrong?

Would anyone be able to tell me if Bruce was Indonesian or Australian? There are pictures of him in my albums in my profile. If anyone who reads this could take a look and tell me that would be cool, but I understand it's hard to tell. XD

[wesleybrouwer]

I had the picture lying around, I'm not sure anymore but I believe its a picture taken by devin edmonds of amphibiancare.com .

Most animals are Indonesian , since Australia never allowed their fauna to be exported for commercial purpose.
But then again, where did bearded dragons came from

You can say that it is right about the browner coloration.
Australian frogs usually are bright green, blue green and in blue phase they are turquoise and deep blue.
The Indonesian are a duller green , green brown, reddish brown, olive green.

So they can vary from jade green, lime green, blue green to olive green or purplish reddish brown. Also the blue phase can be found.
If you have one being more brown they are likely Indonesian.
When they turn into an other color then they usually are something may be wrong .
But then again, it may be brown because something is wrong,
So it is important to know you're frogs .

[Kisa]

Yeah my frog is under a lot of stress right now, he was recently sick so that might be why he's browner. He was more brown in the pet store but after a few weeks at home when he started to get used to his surroundings he would start to get a little greener. I think right now he just needs time to relax and de-stress. I wish I could leave him alone, but he's been constipated for a long time and I need to treat him for it every night until he starts going by himself regularly.

He has a "mustache" on his upper lip that is usually a blueish color so I think he may have a tendency toward green. I hope he does and he'll get over his stress soon and be happy...

Thanks for the facts, I personally hope he's Indonesian. >>