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I think this is a squirrel treefrog (as opposed to a green treefrog). I also hope what we are seeing is its tongue. These little ones and their relatives often keep me awake at night. Here, we see one resting on a saw palmetto frond.
From last weekend, camped at Bear Island which is beautiful, so we could be closer to a cypress strand to canoe in the morning. That didn't yield any keepers but this is from the night before. These guys were jumping all over in the muhly grass.
This was one of the two gray tree frogs I found in one day back in May.
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This was taken by my Fuji S5500 - in memoriam :)
The dark eye stripe does not change, but the body color and dark markings can quickly change from dark to light, and the body color itself can also change, typically from brown to green or vice versa or a combination of both, in response to environmental conditions.
A study of Hyla (Pseuacris) regilla in Washington concluded that "H. regilla has control over and can change its hue, chroma, and lightness during time periods on the order of minutes." ..."...we support the idea that physiological color change has evolved as a mechanism to allow rapid background matching as a tree frog moves from one location to another."
(James C. Stegen et al. The control of color change in the Pacific tree frog, Hyla regilla. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2004, Vol. 82, No. 6)
(Litoria caerulea) He lives just under the lid of my bin, and has an unfortunate habit of jumping in the bin whenever I lift the lid. So I've learned to be careful and slowly lift and then catch him before he jumps. I don't want him ending up as landfill!
A Treefrog hangs out in the butterfly nesting box located near the entrance to Green Cay Nature Center & Wetlands. This one looks like he could be a Cuban Treefrog which is an invasive species.
The shot was taken with a Fujifilm X-T2 using an XF 100-400mm OIS f/4.5~5.6 lens @400mm, f/5.6 1/30, and ISO 400. DSCF6559
Common along permanent streams in the southwest, these frogs are usually found on the rocks and gravel in and along the water (rather than trees, as their name would imply), and their pebbly camouflage is ridiculously good. I only spotted this one because it jumped -- and it jumped because my dad didn't see it either and nearly stepped on it!
I love frogs almost as much as birds, maybe more. The Gray Treefrog is fairly common in the Great Swamp, but they can be maddenly difficult to find. They often hide in the crooks of trees or in knot holes, as this one did. I somehow managed to catch a glimpse of light off of him. (BTW - I may have chosen the wrong subspecies here).
I really blew this photo up and enhanced the image to make the frog more obvious. In the field and the photo, it was almost indistinguishable from the tree. Also, the light was awful, so way underexposed the photo and then blew it out with the flash.
Taken in New Jersey, USA
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I re-edited this, so here's the reupload.
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Dryophytes cinereus or Hyla cinerea
I was walking along the edge of a large patch of blackberry canes looking for insects when I came across the tree frog basking in the sun. I have never seen a tree frog in this area and was pleasantly surprised. The sun was quite fierce and it is not a great photo, but I thought it was worth sharing out of interest sake. It was hard to get close because of the thick canes. If anyone can identify the species, please drop me a line. Thanks.The photo was taken in June 2010, with an Olympus digital camera. Enjoy.