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.

Kensington Metro Park, MI

Most likely an Eastern.

Hyla versicolor

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Came to porch light AM. Evidently female with pale throat. As brown as I've seen. Dry oak forest on outwash with no surface water nearby except goldfish pool. West Tisbury, MA 8/5/15

I've been up early this week and have found some fascinating things in the garden, including this gray tree frog that spent half the day on the petal of this rudbeckia. Later, it moved to a shady leaf just below the blossoms, about two inches away from another tiny tree frog! I didn't get a picture of the two together, but it was pretty amazing.

Hyla versicolor, East Texas

Rainette versicolore,

Gray tree frog,

(Hyla versicolor),

St-Jerome, Qc

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Scherman Hoffman Audubon, Bernardsville, NJ

Rainette versicolore,

Gray tree frog,

(Hyla versicolor),

Contrecoeur, Qc

In Anderson, Indiana, USA

Photographed on my property in central Oklahoma, on 5 May 2006.

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A second round of Tiny gray Tree frogs

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

First Gray of the season, found in my neighbor's driveway. Allegany County, NY (USA)

A second round of Tiny gray Tree frogs

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.

Hyla versicolor

Eastern Gray Treefrogs

Delaware Water Gap NRA - Monroe County (PA)

October 30, 2016

Dell, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Powell Gardens - Tree Frog

Kingsville, Missouri

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The Gray Treefrog has the ability to change colour from gray to a brilliant emerald green! Not only is it the chameleon of the frog world, but they also have the ability to almost freeze solid during hibernation! I'd bet the cryogenics scientists will tap into this little creatures secrets?

All the frogs and toads stopped chirping just before the storm hit.

The two species of gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor and Hyla chrysoscelis) are nearly identical in appearance and habits, but only Hyla chrysoscelis occurs in southern Indiana.

Photo: Joellen Lampman

Hyla versicolor

Gray Treefrog

First Gray of the season, found in my neighbor's driveway. Allegany County, NY (USA)

Rainette versicolore,

Gray tree frog,

(Hyla versicolor),

Contrecoeur, Qc

I like to make friends with frogs (all the animals I see), and this Gray Treefrog was kind enough to humor me...

(Hyla versicolor)

I found this grey tree frog outside of my house. I never named her or anything but she was huge compared to the one I was keeping as a pet.

(C) 2014 Charles A Heikkinen

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Hyla versicolor

I found this little guy inside the house, hanging out on the chair railing. Here he is post-release.

Gray Treefrog, Hyla versicolor, photographed on a gladiola leaf in a yard in Olney, MD, on Thornberry Lane, Oct. 8, 2017, by Katherine Richards. Montgomery County, Sandy Spring quad.

This tree frog spent the day hanging out on a spent daylily in my flower bed

Parkview Trail, Baltimore Co., MD 5/8/14

First Gray of the season, found in my neighbor's driveway. Allegany County, NY (USA)

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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.

taken at night Byram Township, Sussex County, NJ

Kensington Metro Park, MI

Calling frogs were a highlight of the trip one year - 8 species were found calling at night on the property. Data recorded at www.naherp.com.