I went exploring in the woods looking for mushrooms and came across this little guy, he wasn't a mushroom! lol

He didn't mind the attention either.

He had pretty yellow on his underside, but you can't see it in the picture.

After looking it up, I found he is a gray tree frog either the Hyla chrysoscelis or the Hyla versicolor.

He posed nicely for me!

This Gray Tree Frog has chosen a strange place to spend the day, out in the sun on a boardwalk at the Museum. Notice that its markings are muted; these frogs can change their color and pattern to some extent.

Photographed at the Lexington Wildlife Management Area, Oklahoma, on 22 July 2018.

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Gray Tree Frog taken in central MN

West Tisbury, MA 8/5/15

Location: Lady Eaton Drumlin, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

On grapevine leaf on the edge of the forest in Nestleton, Ontario.

Hyla versicolor

Dewy gray tree frog waiting patiently on a milkweed leaf at North Meridian Road Park in Okemos, Michigan.

This cute little immature Gray Treefrog, Hyla versicolor, was hiding on a leaf at Dave Small's place in Athol, Massachusetts.

Wakulla Co, FL

Dell, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

A resin well on a red-cockaded woodpecker cavity tree provides just enough room for a cool hangout.

Dryophytes versicolor

How can a treefrog be cute? Perhaps it only seems so to a naturalist. The gray treefrog is only an inch or a bit more as an adult. This one was only 3/8-inch - - - obviously a new hatchling of the year. It could have sat on my thumbnail with room to spare. I'm not sure how I even saw it sitting motionless on the leaf of a spicebush. It was very fat. Catching insects on the spicebush must be easy.

He must have heard us talking about him!

I hid one of the prank frogs out on the front porch and the very next morning, look who's there! It's TOAD!

Perfect timing!

Changing color to gray to blend in with the tree.

Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) from Gibson County, Indiana, USA.

First of the season. Found near the Archeology Pond at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.

Hyla versicolor

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Gray Tree Frog taken in central MN

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

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Male Gray Treefrog, Dryophytes versicolor, in its natural forest habitat in central Michigan, USA

Hyla versicolor/chrysoscelis, Vernon County Wisconsin, 15 May 2018.

Observed sitting on blacktop parking lot during the middle of the afternoon on a sunny day.

Large outlier! This gorgeous gray tree frog is as big as they get. Typical length for this species is about 5 cm long, this frog measured 6 cm long. Backdoor. May 19, 2013.

A gray tree frog (Hyla chrysoscelis) juvenile in a sweetgum tree at Whitehall Forest in Athens, GA

Male Gray Treefrog, Dryophytes versicolor, in its natural forest habitat in central Michigan, USA

Juvenile Gray Tree frog (Hyla versicolor) or (Hyla chrysoscelis)

Gray tree frog in a lily in the back yard. hyla versicolor

At the Louisville Zoo

Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor) in a pond in Pipersville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania.

Male Gray Treefrog, Dryophytes versicolor, changing color when placed upon a green plant in central Michigan, USA

Cute little guys and hard to spot. They blend in perfectly with their tree.

Shaver's Creek Environmental Center.