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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.
Aug 2015, tiny Grey Tree Frogs perched on Arrow Head leaves at a small frog pond near my home outside Marietta Ohio. I have learned to look for the frogs on the plants and trees surrounding the pond as the first tree frogs emerge from tadpoles around mid Aug. In fact the last three photos in this series are of a young tree frog which still hasn't completely absorbed his tadpole tail. These little frogs are about the size of a nickle. They are fascinating and a lot of fun to photograph.
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.
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
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.
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:
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.
For the past two years at one of my favorite frog ponds I have awaited the arrival of these tiny gray Tree Frogs.
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?
Amplexing gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) perched on the side of a water tank in Whitehall Forest near Athens, GA.
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
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
July 13, 2022
A young grey tree frog in its green phase. This guy is only a couple cm long.
(Hyla versicolor)
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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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.
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 is clear.)
A tiny gray tree frog has been hanging around on my deck railing He's green because he's near the morning glory trellis and those bright green leaves, These guys are nocturnal so I think this is sleeping posture. He's only about an inch long.
A Gray Tree Frog rests at the edge of a smooth green blade, its eyes wide and alert in the soft light.
I photographed this little frog at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma. It was perched calmly among the grass, unmoving but aware of its surroundings.
Though called a Gray Tree Frog, this species often appears green like this one. Their color-shifting ability helps them blend into leafy environments, making them well suited to the wetlands and woods they call home.
July 27, 2018
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This is a young grey tree frog (hyla versicolor). These frogs can be all green, all grey or a mixture of both. The little ones I've seen are mostly green. The one adult we found was ALL grey. It looked like a rock.
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
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