New Arrivals!

[frogkam]

So Pretty! the eyes are very catch my eyes! :P

[Kisa]

Ginger, if you look hard enough I'm sure you'll find one! Maybe some day you can get up the cash to fly out here and see one of our shops, then maybe me, you, AND Cheri could all hang out!

And Frogkam, nice one. XD I hope they're catching lots of people eyes! I still don't feel like they've had a proper frog forum welcome, so here goes with picture time!

I got these ones when I was replacing the paper towels on the bottom of their tank, they were pretty soggy. So I caught these guys on candid camera sleeping on the same leaf, just precious. ^ ^


You can really see the blue in Bruce's eyes from this angle. And how shy Paul is...>>


Just another angle, Paul was too nervous to smile.

Enjoy!

[Kisa]

You know...after I posted these pictures and got a real good look at them...a question entered my mind.

Is there a way that Bruce Willis there could be considered an albino...? He's not brown or green, and he's definitely not a blue phase. He's more of an orangey yellow...

Now I don't even know if Albino White's exist, but it would be really cool to know, either way.

Maybe the experts could come in and take a look? That would be very helpful...

[Tony]

Now I don't even know if Albino White's exist, but it would be really cool to know, either way.

Albinism in White's seems to be a lethal trait, all of the albino tadpoles that I am aware of have died shortly before or during metamorphosis.

[Immortal]

I've seen some photos on google of albino red eyed tree frogs. Some look pale green, some look yellow, some look that albino colour but it's hard to say if it is true albino or just something else?

[Kisa]

I've seen some photos on google of albino red eyed tree frogs. Some look pale green, some look yellow, some look that albino colour but it's hard to say if it is true albino or just something else?

Lor, Ihave only ever seen albino Red Eyes or Horned Frogs (Pacmans). There is another morph in Red Eyes called "Xanthic" as well. But I have never seen or heard of another species that possesses a successful albino gene.

My next frogs will be Red Eyes, hopefully one of each kind. ^ ^

[Immortal]

I'm not sure if this would be a similar thing or not...

Albino horses are not common either. Most "white" horses are actually gray. They have to have all pink skin to be called white, most white haired horses still have gray skin. Some "white" (which they now call cremello) horses have blue eyes. It is very rare to see one that has pink eyes. I am pretty sure the pink skin, pink eyes is the true albino. Maybe it's like that for frogs too? They could look albino but with the blue eyes, making them not exactly albino?

A thought anyways.

Edit: Ok I'm a bit off on that lol. I'm not sure if horses can even get pink eyes. But there's still different variations of whites/grays/cremellos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_%28horse%29

[Tony]

But I have never seen or heard of another species that possesses a successful albino gene.

They are out there. Off the top of my head I remember seeing bullfrogs, clawed frogs, pacific chorus frogs, green tree frogs, several darts (though they seem to be weak and short-lived), Woodhouse's toads, and firebellies.

[Kisa]

Albinism in White's seems to be a lethal trait, all of the albino tadpoles that I am aware of have died shortly before or during metamorphosis.

I came across that information while I was doing research on White's before I got these frogs to see if there were other different kinds of White's I might want to collect. So you think my frog is just a strange color? I believe if he was any sort of albino he would also be missing pigment in his irises, which would completely get rid of the blue coloration, which I didn't think of when I asked the question earlier.

He goes from the light peachy color you see there to a darker more orange shade, but he hasn't gotten anywhere near green, brown, or blue, so it's most likely that he's just...a different color? My adult White's is yellow, but he doesn't have this peachy/orange quality that this one shows and is sometimes closer to brown or olive green.

What's your take on his coloration? Just unique?

[Tony]

What's your take on his coloration? Just unique?

That would be my guess. It may also be a trait common to the blue-eyed morph, from the few pics I have seen they seem to be lighter than a typical White's. You could ask the breeder about it, I'm sure he could give you better info since he is more familiar with them than any of us.