Hue-Changing Frog Worshiped as God in India

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 8, 2009 5:23 AM CDT

(Newser) – A frog that changes colors from white to green to gold is being worshiped as a god in India, reports the Telegraph. The creature was discovered in a flower garden and has drawn hundreds of worshippers to its home in western India. "It seemed like a miracle to me that this frog had so many different coats," said the man who discovered the frog. "So now people come to pray to him." Scientists are looking forward to studying the creature.

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Kermit knows how captivating frogs can be. (Getty Images)

A frog discovered in India changes from white to green to cold to transparent, says the man who discovered him in a flower bed. (©prudencebrown121)

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By night the frog was dark yellow, and then it became transparent so you could see its internal organs. - Lift worker Reji Kumar, who found the frog in a flower bed

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