Eastern Grey Treefrogs

A recently metamorphosed froglet, the result of tree frogs breeding in experimental cattle tank mesocosms. Pine Grove Mills, PA

Tree-Frog

(Kurixalus eiffingeri)

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.

Swamp SW07

4-23-13

getting the early spring sunlight.

Taken by Mark Ratcliffe.

Taken on my front porch, there were no fewer than 13 of these fellows on my porch that night.

Rhacophorus taipeianus

20071120 台北四崁水

Gray Treefrog (Hyla vericolor) calling for a mate. Native to eastern United States

Orlov’s Treefrog (Rhacophorus orlovi) from Cúc Phương National Park, Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam.

Pet frog, Bamf, looking pretty snooty.

Lighting info:

-SB-28 fired through 12"x12" sheet of parchment paper above and slightly in front.

-Triggered by rf602's

Cape Melville Treefrog (Litoria andiirrmalin)

Hyla versicolor

Where: São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas.

When: 05/2008.

Kensington Metro Park, MI

Senior High Camp 2016

Grey treefrog on scorched bark

Litoria peronii.

Found on my back stairs tonight when walking the dogs.

Rocket Treefrog (Boana lanciformis) from the Peruvian Amazon.

a treefrog on my window - 1 1/2" long

Found along mountain stream in Oso Canyon in Santa Barbara County, CA. I think it is Pseudacris cadaverina. Can someone confirm?

Coexisting with what I think is Pseudacris regilla in the same area (within a meter or 2).

Frontal view of an interesting tree frog that I haven't ID yet. Found during a night hike in Danum valley Field Centre.

Hyla andersonii

Arizona Treefrog / Mountain Treefrog

Treefrogs playing at the Prince of Wales on St Georges Day

your can find out more about Treefrogs at www.treefrogsmusic.co.uk/

There are two identical looking species of gray treefrog that can only be separated by their calls or genetic analysis: Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) and Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis).

Huddled on a green ash leaf. This was the day for gray tree frogs.

The trippiest treefrog in the jungle.

Gray treefrogs breed in May when they move to breeding ponds. Clusters of up to 30 eggs are attached to vegetation near the surface of the water. The eggs hatch in three to six days. Tadpoles transform within two months. Adults reach maturity within two years

There were dozens of Hyla regilla on the broadleaf arrowhead plants around the lake in the Wapato Access Greenway on Sauvie Island in Portland. Lewis and Clark, upon landing here in 1805, called this Wapato Island for all the arrowhead plants growing here.

Hyla arenicolor (canyon treefrog). Found this frog in a rockpile next to a culvert on I-17 just north of Munds Park area. He's much smaller than he looks in this photo (about 2" or so).

Thanks to Steve Hale for the ID help! From Steve's email:

It is the common tree frog of Arizona and are usually found in nooks and cracks above the water along streams up to about 7,000 feet. They are real variable in color; grays, browns and salt and pepper, rarely with a splash of green, leading to an easy way to remember their name "Hyla are-any-color."

Found during a night hike in Manu national park, Peruvian Amazon lowlands.

February, 2010. Florida

I noticed this little frog while watering my plant and used my 60mm macro with a +1 close-up filter.

Rhacophorus taipeianus

20071215 台北四崁水

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Chapel Hill, NC

Hyla squirella

Lateral view of treefrog. Found during a night hike in Danum valley Field Centre.

Squirrel Treefrog (Hyla squirella) (I think) Outside my bedroom window. At night they like to chase the bugs attracted to our lights. And the cats like to chase them.