Gray frog with beige stripe
You see? It is no coincidence. Right down to her (let us say) skin matching the color of the dirt and the bottoms of the Japanese Horsetail stalks (Fia ate the green tops off during her recent anxiety-causing grossesse nerveuse) and the stripe up her back to her nose and her tummy matching the bit off straw-colored grass mixed in where she is sitting on this gray summer day.
She could sit anywhere. She chose this particular place, where she feels safe.
The intelligence of nature.
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Yesterday as I removed black plastic covering certain areas of my garden small black toads/frogs ont sauté for alternative cover. I didn't examine them closely, but I will next time, perhaps "take pitchers that last longer." Tree frogs that while away the day hours under the spa cover flap turn pearly.
I have not found evidence that Pelophylax kl esculentus changes color, but that it is mostly green with brown spots, but some are more brown. Their color also depends on the mating season, when males become much more green. If they do change color to match their surroundings, then I would expect the one that likes the water lily flower so much to turn bright pink with yellow spots!
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/edible-frog/
Some frogs certainly do change color to blend with their surroundings. I shall, however, endeavor to observe mine even more closely to see if I can detect any signs that the common edible frog possesses the ability to camouflage itself!
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