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Gray Tree-frog, Hyla chrysoscelis, Durham, North Carolina, on the side of my house. These are everywhere in my neighborhood in the summer. They call during rainstorms, especially in response to thunder. They will also call in response to loud noises generated by humans. They are all camouflage gray, looking like lichen when they perch on tree trunks. (Sometimes they are more of a silvery-green color--I have one photo of such an individual.) Their hind legs have a bright yellow stripe, shown when they are grasped. Perhaps this is a "startle" or warning coloration. There are two closely-related species, Hyla chrysoscelis and Hyla versicolor. They differ only in call (allegedly) and in their chromosomal number. My reference books indicate we have only H. chrysoscelis here in the Piedmont. I have listened to recordings of the two species over-and-over, and I'll be darned if I can tell the difference in calls.
See Herps of NC account.
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July 23, 2021
This young grey tree frog (hyla versicolor) found its way into the shirt I left on the deck last night. He did his best to blend in...
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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An inhabitant of an interesting microhabitat - a splash pool on the edge of Lake Huron. I suspect that that growth of algae and tadpoles might be favoured in this exposed site. Along the Wreck Island Interpretive Trail.
Eastern narrowmouth toads, and a few grey tree frogs were calling from a roadside gutter near my house after a big rain two days ago. Yesterday there were egg masses all over one end of a little pool in the gutter. I believe they are from the Narrowmouth toads. I'm going to try to rear a few--the embryos have already changed a lot. You can see here what look to be two stages of the embryo--the tan ones, I believe, are younger. The dark ones have already taken on a bit of tadpole-like shape.
Update:8/29/09
I had originally thought these were Narrowmouth toads, Gastrophryne carolinensis, but my one transforming tadpole on 8/29/09 is clearly a Gray Treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis. (This individual, unfortunately, died right as it was transforming, but the species ID is clear.)
Cope's Gray Treefrog - Hyla chrysoscelis (Dryophytes chrysoscelis)
This individual was lollygagging around in a little roadside puddle mid-morning in Durham NC. I have video/audio of them calling in the puddle from a few days prior. I believe that rapid trill verifies the ID as Hyla chrysoscelis. (Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toads were also calling.)
www.inaturalist.org/observations/86241230
Note, also, that chrysoscelis seems to be the only species found in the lower Piedmont of North Carolina, as opposed to the nearly identical H. versicolor.
I used a circular polarizing filter to suppress glare off the water's surface.
My neighbor had Gray Treefrogs breeding in his pool cover this spring, and he saved a handful of tadpoles for me when he opened up the pool. - Allegany County, NY, USA
Isabella County: This drawing will be 10 years old this spring. I remember how excited I was to find this frog. It was the largest gray tree frog I had ever found and it was gray not green!
In Rice Lake Savanna SNA. First time seeing one of these guys in the wild. Paid me no attention, as I worked him as my model :)
A second round of Tiny gray Tree frogs. This shot of one on a leaf gives some idea of how tiny they are.
On 24 Aug 2014 I stopped by a small pond near my home in hopes of catching a few photos of bullfrogs. It was still early morning with a light dew on the grass and as I was standing by the pond quiet and still hoping to spot the bullfrogs I started to notice the grasses plants and foliage around me and the pond. Then I noticed the first Tiny Gray tree Frog sitting on a leaf just a foot or less away from me. Then I noticed another and another. In all I spotted about a dozen of the quiet little fellows around me but I am sure there were more I didn't see. If I had to pick a real "OH Wow " moment from all my photos this past summer this would be it. These little frogs were amazing so tiny and well camouflaged that I was standing with them all around me and only by luck spotted them
There seemed to be a strand of viscous matter on the body of this Gray treefrog, and it spent several minutes wiping its whole body with all four feet.
A tiny Gray Tree Frog has taken up residence near our front porch. We have never seen one before and are thrilled that it has been here for three days so far.
Every spring a fierce battle takes place for the bird boxes. The usual contenders are chickadees, tree swallows, and bluebirds. This year, a gray treefrog decided to join the fray took up residence inside one of the north facing boxes.
It's an ideal location, it kept him out of the midday sun, safe from predators, and his trill sounded pretty unique from inside the box. When the tree swallow that was currently trying to set up a nest in the box returned and found it nest occupied, it just flapped and chirped angrily, then flew away.
Frog>> insectivorous bird.
The photo on the left is lit solely by the late evening sun, and the contrast is very high. The photo on the right has a diffuser placed just out of the frame between the frog and the sun for a much more evenly lit photo. The reduced contrast lets the colour in the bird box come out without wiping out the highlights on the frog and the result is much cheerier. All photos of tree frogs should be cheery.
Gray Treefrog
Frog Pond, NJ
4/28/11
Fun with a flashlight. Built in flash creates really flat images and i dont like that
This little tree frog is starting to get used to me. He is the same frog seen in other images in my photo stream. He lives next to our swimming pool. I have caught him so many times to show my children and their friends, that he doesn't even try to get away anymore. This allowed me to get VERY close for this image. Literally less than 15mm from lens to frog. He is a beautiful creature and I appreciate his patience. No, the photo is not sideways, he is on the side of a tree.
Cope's gray treefrog has an unfortunately confusing common name - he may, depending on his mood, don mottled gray, dark brown, light green. What does not change, not matter how much he might wish it, are his slimy granular skin, freakishly large toe pads, and the startling bright yellow-orange of his inner thighs. He's quite the night owl, sleeping his days away in a cozy tree-hole before emerging at dusk to binge-eat invertebrates.
If you'd like to hear what my Georgia backyard sounds like right now - listen!
Green treefrogs - the loudest ones
Gray treefrogs
Green frogs - sound like banjos
Fowler's toads - that whistling hum in the b/g
Cricket frogs - well, they sound like crickets
Bullfrogs
taken at night Byram Township, Sussex County, NJ May 27, 2014
Found perched on an abandoned inflatable pool float by the shoreline.
Gray Treefrog
New Jersey
5/10/13
Finally found my first of the year they are one of my favorite finds. Had a great day out with Brett, Steve, Jim, Adam and others. Brett, thanks again big time
For the past two years at one of my favorite frog ponds I have awaited the arrival of these tiny gray Tree Frogs.
I couldn't get as close because he was getting impatient with me by this point, which is why his adorable little treefrog toes are no longer tucked underneath. He was giving serious consideration to leaving. The white patch beneath the eye is characteristic of both species. I think it's more likely this guy is H. versicolor because of where he was found (versicolor is more likely farther north), his rough skin, and his size (didn't measure, seemed close to 6cm), but none of those is reliable. Even if he'd been singing his little amphibious heart out, I wouldn't know which he was; for me, he'd have to sing, "Helloooo, I am Hyla (versicolor/chrysoscelis)..." :) Apparently, the song sounds something like a red-bellied woodpecker (and there are lots of those in the area ) so perhaps some of the woodpeckers I'd been hearing around there weren't woodpeckers at all.
I got out of bed at about 2AM this morning for a drink of water and found this little guy at our front porch window. It should be a good place for a late night snack as the porch light attracts so many insects.
July 22, 2017
We found a young grey tree frog (Hyla versicolor) sitting quietly in the grass. She eventually made it to the trunk of an old pear tree where she blended in perfectly with the rough bark.
The younger grey tree frogs are bright green. They eventually turn a very light mottled grey color with the appearance of maple bark or a light piece of granite. This one still has a very faint hint of green on her skin.
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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A North American Common Grey Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor), showing the identifying orange underside of its rear legs.
Find out more about tree frogs and the other Amphibians and Reptiles found in New Hampshire at:
Cope's Gray Treefrog - Hyla chrysoscelis (male and female, clasping)
Location: Durham NC (USA)
This pair was found out on a road adjacent to a breeding site in the gutter of a suburban street. Note they have eggs adhering to them.
Identification notes:
The visually identical Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) does not occur in my area--the lower Piedmont of the Carolinas (Dodd, Dorcas and Gibbons, Martof). The two can be differentiated by call--chrysoscelis has shorter and harsher trill (30-65 notes per second) than versicolor (16-35 notes per second). I have recorded them at this site--all chrysoscelis.
References
- Dodd, Amphibians and Reptiles of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Univ. Tennessee Press, 2004), pp. 225-8
- Dorcas and Gibbons, Frogs and Toads of the Southeast (Univ. Georgia Press, 2008), pp. 87-91
- Martof et al., Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia (UNC Press, 1980), pp. 115-6
It's a bit fuzzy because it is shot through a few layers of glass, but I love the pose.
I don't know which species this is around here ( there are two species with identical morphology) as it involves either karyotyping or hearing the call and knowing the temperature of the calling individual. You can hear a recording of this species here: www.alanwolf.org/frog-calls.
Tree Frog (Hylidae family) / September, Habersham Co., Georgia, USA / Copyright ©2019 by William Tanneberger - All Rights Reserved.
Eastern Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor)
Rural Habersham Co., GA (Homewoods)
Wabash County, Indiana
Gray Treefrog found in a nature preserve. This was the natural stance when found.
I planted the milkweed to feed the caterpillars of Monarch butterflies, and this little dude is on common milkweed, therefore, he must be a very strange-looking caterpillar, right?
Cope's Gray Treefrog - Hyla chrysoscelis (male and female, clasping)
Location: Durham NC (USA)
This pair was found out on a road adjacent to a breeding site in the gutter of a suburban street. Note they have eggs adhering to them.
Identification notes:
The visually identical Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) does not occur in my area--the lower Piedmont of the Carolinas (Dodd, Dorcas and Gibbons, Martof). The two can be differentiated by call--chrysoscelis has shorter and harsher trill (30-65 notes per second) than versicolor (16-35 notes per second). I have recorded them at this site in the past--all chrysoscelis.
References
- Dodd, Amphibians and Reptiles of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Univ. Tennessee Press, 2004), pp. 225-8
- Dorcas and Gibbons, Frogs and Toads of the Southeast (Univ. Georgia Press, 2008), pp. 87-91
- Martof et al., Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia (UNC Press, 1980), pp. 115-6