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Madison Co., Arkansas, USA
My parents always have a lot of Gray Treefrogs around their swimming pool during the summer. This is one of them. The combination of humidity and insects attracted to the porch lights makes this an ideal habitat for these frogs.
Madison Co., Arkansas, USA
My parents always have a lot of Gray Treefrogs around their swimming pool during the summer. This is one of them. The combination of humidity and insects attracted to the porch lights makes this an ideal habitat for these frogs.
gray treefrog - their mating cycle is just starting. This one was quite tame. Let me get close and even move it to a better backdrop.
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.
Madison Co., Arkansas, USA
My parents always have a lot of Gray Treefrogs around their swimming pool during the summer. This is one of them. The combination of humidity and insects attracted to the porch lights makes this an ideal habitat for these frogs.
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