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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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Hyla versicolor complex (versicolor or chrysoscelis), Sparta, Monroe County Wisconsin, 10 August 2019.
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.
Gray tree frog photographed at Hidden Lake Gardens in the Irish Hills area of Michigan. Although native to the area, we were surprised to find this little guy (less than two inches) spending the winter in the warmth of the tropical conservatory. Hidden Lake Gardens is managed by students from Michigan State University.
Toad actually stayed in the position for HOURS. He didn't care a bit that he had a glow-in-the-dark rubber frog on his back.
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.
This little guy must have just come out of the water. You can see his water trail. He's also experiencing his first knat/mosquito.
I think this is the same species as the others, however, I don't know what species it is.
Anyone know?
Baton Rouge, La.
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.
The Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor) is a species of small arboreal frog native to much of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.
As the scientific name implies, Gray tree frogs are variable in color owing to their ability to camouflage themselves from gray to green, depending on the substrate they are sitting on. The degree of mottling varies. They can change from nearly black to nearly white. They change color at a slower rate than a chameleon. (Wikipedia)
(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.
Hyla versicolor
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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.
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.
Photographed on my property in central Oklahoma, on 5 May 2006.
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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.
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?