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The Eye of a Red-eyed Tree Frog at Rest (discuss.tchncs.de)
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An impressive feature is their bright red colored eyes with vertical slits. They do not have a true eyelid, but rather a nictitating membrane that allows light to enter the eye so that they will awaken when predators are approaching.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalychnis_callidryas#Description

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[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That's beautiful. So are there see-through parts of the nictitating membrane between the golden veins?

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

no doubt. that doodad on the hehaw is amazing.

this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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Damn, that's interesting!

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