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Gray TreeFrog - Hyla chrysoscelis. Well it found the flower pot. When pot is watered it comes to the drain and poses for the photographer
Gray Treefrog that we moved from the top of a window that was destined to be closed (resulting in a frog squishing) on to the relative safety of a Canna Lily.
Lighting info-
-Sun camera left and behind.
-Sunpak 433d in small 8"x6" softbox camera right to keep camera right side of frogs face from being in shadow.
-Small black card above and camera left to block the sun from hitting the frogs face and blowing out, but not blocking the light on it's body to get the shadow to show.
-Flash triggered with rf-602's
-Sun powered by fusion
(Hyla chrysoscelis). Jasper County, Texas. This individual was found calling amidst a large chorus of Hyla chrysoscelis, Hyla versicolor, and Acris crepitans in the Big Thicket region of East Texas.
This little guy somehow ended up atop our "Topsy Turvy" tomato planter. My daughter found him this morning, just sitting atop the plastic cover. I've never seen one of these before, and come to find out, not only are they an arboreal frog, they also can camouflage. Clearly that wasn't happening when I took this shot! Cute little fellow!
I was very excited this past Saturday 10 Aug. 2019 to find about a dozen tiny Gray tree frogs on plants and trees close to a frog pond I often visit for dragonfly and frog photos.
I first noticed these amazing little frogs at this location in 2014. I saw them again in late summer 2015, but then poof gone for 2016, 17 and 18. I feared that they had totaly died out. Then Saturday after looking around the trees and plants near the pond I found none and was on my way back to my car when I spotted the first one on a low leaffy plant on the tree line, then I saw another and another all hiding in plain sight.
They have the ability to slowly change their color to the color of whatever they are sitting on which is a very effective camouflage.
This weekend I was lucky to photograph this Gray Treefrog (confirmed by the Cortland Herpetology Connection). It was nestled down in a flower on my wife's grandmother's front porch.
The Gray Tree Frog remarkable ability to climb or rest on vertical surfaces is the result of a mucous layer produced by toe pad cells. This mucous creates a sticky bond with the vertical surface that’s strong enough to support the frog’s weight.
In regard to diet, the gray tree frog is an opportunistic feeder that eats mostly insects, spiders and other invertebrates.
This frog’s breeding season lasts from early April through July. Males begin calling at breeding sites when night air temperatures reach around 60 degrees. Their calls resemble musical, birdlike or buzzing trills, and the chorus attracts females to the site. The frogs then breed in water.
Afterwards, each female may produce between 700 and 3,800 eggs, and biologists have documented individual frogs producing multiple clutches in a single season. Eggs are light brown, and they measure barely 1/25-inch in diameter.
After they are deposited, the eggs attach to floating vegetation in clumps of 30 to 40 eggs. They hatch in only four or five days, and the tadpoles completely metamorphose within two months. Young frogs typically stay near the breeding site for the remainder of summer.
Fortunately, most land use practices are not detrimental to the gray tree frog’s survival, as long as some shallow ditches or ponds are left undisturbed. The gray tree frog is an interesting component of Oklahoma’s natural world, and discovering one can be the highlight of an outing. So, while you’re out this summer, keep a sharp eye out for the chameleon of the frog world – the gray tree frog – which may be gray or green or anything in-between.
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
Hyla versicolor
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I didn't crop these at all to show just how small they were, the bottom one is smaller than the top one, either one would have easily fit on my thumbnail!
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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