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TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus/species: Hyla cinerea
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Bright yellow-green above, though some are reddish-brown to green, often with small golden spots. White to cream below with a prominent white lateral stripe
on each side.
DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Central to Southeastern United States. North to Virginia’s eastern shore, south to the southern tip of Florida, west to central Texas. Habitat: Forest habitats in small ponds, large lakes, marshes, and streams, especially in richly vegetated areas.
DIET IN THE WILD: Insectivores: flies, mosquitoes, and other small insects
PREDATORS: Predators include snakes, birds, large fish, and other frogs. Predatory aquatic insects such as giant water bugs may take tadpoles. Green frogs in captivity are known to live as long as 6 years.
REMARKS: Active at night. During the day, adults are well camouflaged among grasses and other vegetation, especially when legs are tucked below the body and eyes are closed.
References
California Academy of Sciences Steinhart Aquarium Swamp 2017
6-7-13, 1-19-17
One rainy evening this past July I arrived home from work and took my trash cans to the curb for pickup. on my return to the house I noticed this fellow trying to remain unseen at the edge of my driveway. He was a very large frog , much larger than any tree frog I had ever seen,(I am guessing he was some sort of tree frog) so I was very excited to get a few photos of him. I quickly went in the house and grabbed my camera and returned. On my return he was still rite were I had last seen him and we had a nice little photo session.
A day out with friends to Chester Zoo .
Not been there for a good few years , so we met up and spent the day having a wonder around , bit of a cold wind , but it stayed dry all day which is the main thing .
Quite a few things seemed to have changed from what I remember .
At the Humboldt Penguin enclosure .
Taken during our airboat tour. The guide stopped to give us some history about the plant this little treefrog was hanging onto and it wasn't until later that we even noticed the guy. My sister held the stem of the plant still while I took the photo.
Sigma APO 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG MACRO
Love this species! This is actually a captive individual, but he was collected as a tadpole two years ago (in Jewett, NY). Even though he is a "gray treefrog", he is almost always a nice bright green. Gray treefrogs can be any color from dark brown to gray to green to almost white!
Squirrel treefrog (Hyla squirella) photographed in Jean Lafitte State Park, Marrero, Louisiana during the National Geographic BioBlitz.
Hyla versicolor. We heard an incredibly loud sound coming from our deck. It sounded like a treefrog, but 100 times louder and deeper. Then we spotted this fellow clinging to the metal lid on our gas barbeque grill, which had amplified his call to an almost alarming amplitude. Wonder if he was thrilled by the effect, or if it attracted any lady frogs.
Gray Treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor) sitting on Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba) in my yard, Eaton County, Michigan
Hylidae: Hyla chrysoscelis; calling male with distended vocal sac
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge, near Cedar Key, Florida