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Rare Iridescent Optical Effect Discovered in a Famous Australian Frog

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Researchers at the University of Newcastle discovered that the green and golden bell frog has iridescent skin on its inner thighs that shifts from blue to green with viewing angle—one of the clearest examples of color shifting ever documented in an amphibian, revealing that frog skin can manipulate light in far more precise and complex ways than previously recognized.

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