The Translucency of the Glass Frog

Frog fathers defend their eggs by kicking the wasps, which is amazing to watch. Glass frogs often have marking or coloration patterns on their backs that makes the adult male frog look like a clutch of eggs itself. A paper published in 20 20 looked at imperfect transparency and camouflage in glass frogs. It raised an interesting question: what if you're an animal that lives in a habitat where you can't always predict in advance what kind of background it will be?