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Arizona Treefrog. Grant Co., NM. 7/21/2012. One of about 15 males found calling in a temporary rain pool.
These guys come out in mass on warm evenings after showers. The night I took this photo, they were EVERYWHERE! I had to watch where I stepped - and they were so intent on finding ladies, that they let me get REALLY close.
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.
I was amazed when I spotted this tree frog on a vine...not sure what made my eye go to him? Was so happy I saw him :)
Hyla cinerea (Amphibia: Lissamphibia: Anura: Hylidae). Julie Metz Wetland Mitigation Bank, Prince William County, VA 20 October 2012
Hyla versicolor
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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