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Reji Kumar's rainbow frog worshipped as a God


Rainbow frog

A FROG that constantly changes colour is being worshipped as a God.

Hundreds of people are flocking to Reji Kumar’s home in India daily to pray and ask for miracles.

The frog was a dazzling white colour when Reji, who is from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, in south India, first spotted it.

Then it changed to yellow and had gone grey by the time he got it home.

“By night the frog was dark yellow, and then it became transparent so you could see its internal organs," Reji, a life worker, reportedly said.

"It seemed like a miracle to me that this frog had so many different coats. So now people come to see him and pray to him.”

Professor Oommen V. Oommen from India’s Kerala University, said it was not uncommon for animals to change colour. 

“Frogs do change colour to scare away predators," he said.

“But from what I have heard, the frog at Kumar’s place changes colour so frequently it is a bit unusual. I will collect it for study.”