I have asked my husband and he says to look it up. We live on a fish farm and during the summer the only thing you hear are frogs so why are they green?
2006-10-24 19:18:07 · 9 answers · asked by FullofQuestions 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Frogs are not green because they have green pigment in their skin. Instead, they use a complex arrangement of cells, a more complicated approach to be sure, but one that provides a tremendous potential for changing and adjusting their hue. In their skins they have three types of pigment cells (called chromatophores) stacked on top of each other. At the bottom are melanophores, containing a mostly dark pigment called melanin. These are the same cells that can make human skin various shades of brown. On top of the melanophores are iridophores, packed with highly reflective bundles of purine crystals, and on top of the iridophores are xanthophores, usually packed with yellowish pteridine pigments. In the typical green frog, light penetrates to the iridophores, which act like tiny mirrors to reflect mostly blue light back into the xanthophores above them. These cells act like yellow filters, so the light escaping the skin surface appears green to our eyes. Occasionally a frog is found that lacks the yellow xanthophore cells, and these are hard to miss because they are bright blue!
2006-10-24 19:25:41 · answer #1 · answered by tropicals99 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
green tree frogs are not the excellent style of pets. A white tree frog like a white Australian tree frog, is an extremely stable puppy. I had one as quickly as and that i walked around my condominium with it on my shoulder all the time. If I stood next to a wall for to long he could leap from my shoulder to the wall yet different then that he grew to become into great. they at the instant are not high priced in any respect, i think of the cage and the beginning components are the main costly. they like moist wood shavings, a warmth rock, a lamp, a sprig bottle (the interior the cage desires to be watered as quickly as an afternoon) and a few limbs of a tree and leaves in there. as quickly as you have it up and working, you basically purchase the wood shavings and a bag ought to final somewhat some changes, and it extremely is nutrition. They consume crickets, meal worms, and mine ate flies. they're quite some relaxing, i urge having a frog as a puppy!!!!
2016-11-25 19:36:21 · answer #2 · answered by maza 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pond type are green bcause it helps them camouflage into the lilly pads which are green. The green algae in the water too.
2006-10-24 19:46:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are symbiotic with a dinoflagellate zooxanthellae and adapt chemoflage to the environment
2006-10-24 19:23:05 · answer #4 · answered by Devaraj A 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not because of the pigment cells on their skin... In fact, frogs may be of different colours... for details refer : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog
2006-10-24 19:26:37 · answer #5 · answered by Arunagiri K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
camouflage into green leafy environment
2006-10-24 19:25:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
evolution. If they blend in with their surroundings, they live longer, and getthe chance to reproduce.
2006-10-24 19:26:01 · answer #7 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there skin
2006-10-24 19:20:07 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God.
2006-10-24 19:32:12 · answer #9 · answered by cwriter2003 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋