Blue Hyla cinerea

[kristen]

We found this little guy at one of our study sites where rapid urbanization is occurring.

 

[ryan]

What a beauty.

 

[cameron]

Was it fed food died blue? That is pretty awesome.

 

[kristen]

Apparently, some H. cinerea sometimes have genetic mutations that prevent them from producing yellow pigment in some cells, so they turn blue...

 

[kara]

lovely colour, what a find!

 

[rodrigo]

That happens with european Hyla species too. And it happens naturally, not induced by any pigment in the food aparently.
anyway.....a real beauty that´s for sure, the mixture of green and blue is wicked.