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A juvenile turning from green to gray. This frog spotted something of interest on the door frame. Shortly after taking this pic, the frog jumped onto the edge of the door. Rain and mild temps (58 degr. F.) early this morning brought all kinds of nice visitors to my backdoor. This frog is about 2.5 cm long.
In additon to 3 species of frogs, I had 3 species of salamanders; 2-Northern redback salamanders (Plethodon cinereus), 1-red eft (Notophthalmus viridescens), and 2-Northern two-lined salamanders (Eurycea bislineata).
September 28, 2009.
More of this cutie to come!
Young gray treefrog, caught in the garden (and released after photoshoot, of course).
Tiny gray tree frog that I found on some milkweed while picking blackberries. He was about the size of a nickel.
"There I was, minding my own business, when all of a sudden a giant came along and started pushing sand all over the place. Next thing I know, I'm COVERED. And if that wasn't bad enough, then she got right in my face and started clicking at me.
"What did I ever do to deserve this?"
There is something about our gas grill. It attracts tree frogs. I spotted this one hiding in grill cover handle just before I turned it on.
Cousin Dessie spotted this Gray Tree Frog resting on the guardrail of the Duck River Bridge. Humphreys County,Tennesse 10.5.2012
The Gray Tree Frog is considered by some to be a highly intelligent amphibian as seen here by the arrangement of the ABC blocks. The nature of the tree frog to spell his species. Photo taken in Fairfax, VA.
Frog number 2. I have two frogs around a little landscape pond and all I have to do is play a tree frog sound I downloaded, and these two frogs will get fired up. I noticed this frogs toe keeps getting stuck to the bottom of his neck.
By the way, I'm no video expert, but this camera takes really nice video. Figured why not play with it a little. Plus I have no video editing software, that I know of.
Powell Gardens - Tree Frog
Kingsville, Missouri
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Despite it's green color this is a Gray Tree Frog. One of my most memorable amphibian sightings since I'd never seen a wild tree frog other than the occasional Spring Peeper before. This guy was out on the roads on a very warm and rainy spring night. He came home with me for a couple days for portraits before being released back into his home.
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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
I have been searching for one of these awesome frogs for a few years now and they blend in to the branches they hang out on so well that up till this point I struck out....Last night Becky and I were going to Blockbuster to rent a movie and she spotted this beauty! Where you ask? Climbing up the front of my snow white garage door eating bugs. . .I kept him overnight in a suitable enclosure I had already set up for such an occasion. I photographed him first thing thismorning and released him into the shrubrow next to the garage. This is my favorite North American Frog and after searching for years to photograph one in it's "proper enviernment" it was a gift for it to just walk into my life. Hopefully I will see him again someday.
There are two identical looking species of gray treefrog that can only be separated by their calls or genetic analysis: Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) and Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis).
My brothers Gray Tree frog....Frogger
eating moths to Blue Oyster Cult.
you will need your sound on for this
one:)
Maybe 1" long Gray Treefrog that was in the path of cleaning out a greenhouse. It was relocated to the garden and settled in nicely on this hosta.
A leaf at the edge of the woods makes a perfect sunning location for this small frog.
Taken near Cedarcreek in Taney County, MO
Hyla versicolor * Knott Co, Ky
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Hyla
Size - about 2" long
The Gray Treefrog can be green, gray, or brown in color. It can be a solid color, or it can have blotches on its back. The gray treefrog can change its color in seconds. It tends to become darker when it is cold or dark. Its coloring helps it blend in with tree bark! It has a white underside and lots of warts. It has large, sticky toe pads that help it cling to tree bark and other surfaces. It has bright yellow to orange skin under its thighs.
The gray treefrog is nocturnal. It spends the day resting in trees and shrubs. At night, it crawls among the branches and leaves looking for food. It usually only comes out of the trees and bushes during the breeding season. In the winter, it hibernates under leaves, bark, or rocks on the forest floor.
Breeding season runs from April to August. Males gather in trees and bushes next to breeding ponds and swamps and begin calling. The male aggressively defends its territory from intruders. The female selects a mate based on his call. She lays her eggs on the surface of shallow water in ponds or swamps. She may also lay her eggs in standing water in tire ruts, vernal pools, or even swimming pools! The eggs are attached to vegetation to keep them from floating away. The female lays as many as 2,000 eggs in groups of 10-40 eggs. The tadpoles hatch in 4-5 days and change into froglets in about two months.
Info taken from: www.nhptv.org/wild/graytreefrog.asp
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