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A few glamor shots of a little Gray Treefrog I saw earlier this month. I love finding these guys and getting a few photos but their camouflage is just so good. I am sure I am missing many more than I am seeing.
These cute, plump little frogs are good climbers. The mottled gray coloring serves as camouflage on tree trunks, though it clearly also works on concrete. Hyla chrysoscelis, Hylidae. Central IL Summer 2012.
Sierran Treefrog (Pseudacris sierra) a/k/a Sierra Chorus Frog. There has been a debate raging about classification of this Treefrog for more than a decade. Is the familiar Pacific Treefrog one species (Pseudacris regilla) or three (P. regilla, P. sierra and P. hypochondriaca)? I put the question to USGS frog researcher working in Yosemite. His answer: "It depends on whether you ask a taxonomist [one] or a molecular biologist [three]." What's a poor photographer to do when the academics can't sort it out? Sweetwater Marsh. Buttterfly Valley Botanical Area. Plumas National Forest. Near Quincy. Plumas Co., Calif.
Lake Henry
Mahwah, New Jersey
Shot as the last rays of the day permeated a bit into his burrow. 1/40s exposure, ISO 1600 on the 40D with fill flash from the 580ex, uncropped image. I had to fully extend the legs and center column of my manfrotto tripod to get this height, and then manually focus while looking through liveview. I shot some with direct flash as the main light source also, but his environment gets lost in those.
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Im not sure but am wondering if this is a Gray Treefrog. Taken through the glass of my back door. Mt Juliet, Tn.
I was driving at a snail's pace down a back road - looking for warblers. I noticed this knot in the tree looked weird - so I pulled over and took a closer look. I was pleasantly surprised to see a gray tree frog! I went back later and he had moved on :)
Fine art illustration of a Barking Treefrog (Hyla gratiosa)
This drawing is based on a photo by Jake Scott
This is the first one of these beautiful little creatures that I've seen in years. They are only an inch long and normally camouflaged against their background being able to change color to match the tree bark or foliage they are on. However, they haven't figured out how to match the color of my white back door! I hear them singing from the trees and shrubs in my neighborhood quite often, especially before, during and after a light rain. Note the suction cup toe pads for climbing!
Nubby the dumpy (white's) treefrog... He is actually greener than this but he is under a yellowish light.