SciShow's video: These Frogs Hide Thanks to Transparent Skin

Hanging out in the trees of Central and South America are some frogs with pretty unusual coloration. Which is to say, parts of them have no color at all. Their bellies are completely see-through! Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Marwan Hassoun, Jb Taishoff, Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/13694/Trueb_et_al_2009.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232701398_Revision_of_the_characters_of_Centrolenidae_Amphibia_Anura_Athesphatanura_with_comments_on_its_taxonomy_and_the_description_of_new_taxa_of_glassfrogs [PDF] https://www.pnas.org/content/117/23/12885 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-discover-reason-behind-glass-frogs-translucent-skin-180974979 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/22295078_Infrared_reflectance_in_leaf_sitting_Neotropical_frogs [PDF] Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/glass-frog-gm108314019-12391329 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/glass-frog-hyalinobatrachium-sp-e5_vtj5igil4gm942 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/glass-frog-hyalinobatrachium-sp-4iw-m_jseil64030w https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/the-yellow-flecked-glass-frog-cochranella-albomaculata-a-bright-green-tree-frog-with-gm1281518091-379535277 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/glass-frog-cochranella-granulosa-from-panama-gm1190223117-337323139 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/glass-frog-gm118081891-9290005 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/closeup-nature-view-of-green-leaf-background-gm1208290498-349186791 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/close-up-of-a-red-tailed-hawk-buteo-jamaicensis-gm157613274-13139892 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/reticulated-glass-frog-with-eggs-selva-verde-costa-rica-gm1087251912-291701914 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/fleischmanns-glass-frog-backlit-on-leaf-la-fortuna-costa-rica-gm916811130-252258715 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/layers-of-leaves-with-a-tree-frog-silhouette-gm155350410-19113682 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/summer-season-exotic-leaves-vector-collection-isolated-on-transparent-gm1156126477-314989631 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/paper-art-of-tropical-leaf-on-black-gm1184781852-333642636 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/frog-jumping-isolated-frog-jumping-on-white-background-gm1188043399-335848055 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/wild-common-buzzard-in-flight-catching-with-claws-isolated-on-white-background-gm1194687298-340277836 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/carpet-chameleon-in-mantadia-national-park-gm498559370-79724715 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/glasswing-butterfly-on-a-green-leaf-gm1189895811-337078037