mercedesherp
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I had a customer that buys 100's of frogs from me every year relate that one of his customers was very angry because my blue phase White's tree frog babies were not blue and appeared to be normal White's. I expained that had I shipped smaller frogs they would have looked more blue. I also informed him that this is a co-dominate trait (heresay) and it is possible that some frogs may not turn blue. I have kept green ones and the occasional more blueish ones and after 14 months all of them are some degree of blue. I have seen blue frogletts turn green and vise versa. If you have baby blue White's tree frogs from a reputable source and they look like normals to you, wait untill after dark and then check them with a light and you should see varying shades of blue. Allow ample time for the frogs to become established and stress free before doing this. Some bloodlines may exibit more blue coloration at an earlier age than others. When one purchases blue phase White's tree frogs without seeing them first, one should not expect a box full of blue frogs. I raise and sell over 1000 of these every year and I would like every one to know that none of these babies actually look very blue all of the time. The blue coloration will develop and intensify as the frog matures. At metamorphosis they look more blue than at 4 weeks of age. At about 4 weeks they are all green in coloration and none appear blue. When the frogs reach quarter size ( 10 weeks ) blue coloration becomes more obvious. There will be a lot of color changing on these and today your frog may look blue and tomorrow it will be green again. Patience is required while the frogs slowly become more and more blue. I would very much like to hear from anyone that may have an opinion or experience concerning this. (As an example, baby tomato frogs are not red until they begin to mature.) Hank Gibson
