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Eastern Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)-Sam and Jack found this frog during the Saturday workday. As the scientific name implies, gray treefrogs are variable in color owing to their ability to camouflage themselves from gray to green, depending on the substrate where they are sitting. The degree of mottling varies. Dead gray treefrogs and ones in unnatural surroundings are predominantly gray. They are strictly nocturnal. During the day they often rest on horizontal tree branches or leaves out in the open, even in the sun. Evidently they are less prone to overheating and desiccation than other amphibians and rely on their superb camouflage to hide them from predators. Reynolds RIdge Management Area, Ives Road Fen Preserve, September 2, 2017.
This year has been good to the treefrogs in our yard. We heard them most nights since last fall until late July this year when it got hotter than normal. Just in the last couple weeks they've been singing again (18/09/06).
Gray Treefrog
Digital discs on fingers and toes are large and very well developed; consequently these frogs are excellent climbers and commonly are heard calling from high in trees. They can even climb glass and are often observed on warm nights clinging to windows or house walls in pursuit of insects attracted by lights.
~My house in Central Oklahoma
Hyla versicolor
AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
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This frog had climbed op the chair and nestled into the corner of the seat while I was sitting in the chair - amazing that I didn't squash it!
A gray or Cope's gray treefrog that's decided to live in our outdoor potted jade plant, hence the name.