Quote Originally Posted by spankyg View Post
He sounds Aussie, mine have those distinctive white streaks on either side of their heads running down to the base of their arms as well. Have no idea about the blue phase frogs.. to be honest I've never seen one down here that's blue.. this is probly because they are produced through the selective breeding of (apparently)Australian whites with the most blue coloration. I do believe that Australian Whites tend to be more vibrant, with colors closer to brighter shades of green with the infrequent occurrence of aqua, cyan and turquoise. Breeders undoubtedly morphed these rarities and created what you now have as the “Blue Whites”. Without question, these Blue Whites would stand out like a sore thumb in the wild, they wouldn’t stand a chance to predators (probly why I haven’t seen them,). And frogs are an extremely rare pet in Australia, (I’ve never come across one in any pet shop down here before) so you won't find them there either.
Wow really? I figured they were more rare out here, that's some really good information to know.

And I had wondered about that stripe he has, Bruce Campbell doesn't have it (as he is light brown most of the time) and I haven't seen any White's with it before, but that's neat that yours have it. I'll have to take a closer look at their pictures.

And I believe you're right about the selective breeding. I heard somewhere (sorry I don't remember. ><) That blue phase individuals are bred from frogs that lack the yellow pigment in the skin that makes them so green, so when we see a green frog it's pigment is technically a mix of blue and yellow and the blue appears when that yellow pigment is missing. Or something like that. XD I could be wrong though, this is just a theory.

You're probably right about them in the wild too, I didn't think about the implications of blue frogs amongst green and brown backgrounds but it would be safe to assume that if there are any wild blue phase, they've been eaten up or will be soon.