Mutant golden frogs and Dmitry Bulatov's fluorescent tadpoles

Four mutant frogs with gold skin and red eyes, found by children in a grassy field in the town of Shimanto in Kochi prefecture, have gone on display at the nearby Shimanto River Gakuyukan science center. According to a center spokesperson who says the golden specimens are highly unusual, the 2.4-centimeter (almost 1-inch) amphibians appear to be black-spotted pond frogs (Pelophylax nigromaculata, a.k.a. Rana nigromaculata) whose skin turned gold because of an albino mutation that prevents the formation of pigment cells. (more)

From Pink Tentacle.

This story reminds my of the work being done by the Russian artist Dmitry Bulatov. I was fortunate to be in the RESURFACING Exhibition earlier in the year at Ohio State with him. He displayed at the exhibition his work on genetically engineering tadpole appearances by making them fluorescent colors.

Below is an example of one of his tadpoles:


Static form of chimerical design of Xenopus laevis tadpole.