Blue frog（Sagae））

 I have been working in the paddy fields from morning until night on these several days.

During a research activity in a paddy field, I encountered a frog(Dryophytes japonica) but it is blue! 

I immediately recognized the blue dot on the carpet of blue-green algae.

It was the first time in my 22 years of life.

They are so rare that they are sometimes featured in the news.

It is said to be caused by a lacking of the gene that produces yellow skin, with a probability of 1/100000.


You can see how blue compare with a normal frog as the picture.

朝から晩まで水田で調査する日々が続いています。

水田での調査中に青いアマガエルに遭遇しました。

アオミドロの絨毯の上に青い点がぽつんとありすぐに気づきました。

22年生きてきて初めての経験です。

時々話題になりニュースに取り上げられるほどの珍しさです。

黄色色素を作る遺伝子の異常により1/100000の確立で出現するそうです。

写真のように普通のカエルと比較するとその青さが良くわかります。


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