Found infront of my house

smy_749 · 07-02-13, 03:30 PM

I've never actually caught one of these, he was hopping full speed somewhere. Couldn't resist bringing him in to show to my buddy for a few minutes and take a few pics, I was pretty excited.

Chu'Wuti · 07-02-13, 03:31 PM

Very cool! Almost looks like he has a frog-picture on his back . . . cute little guy!

smy_749 · 07-02-13, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Chu'Wuti

Very cool! Almost looks like he has a frog-picture on his back . . . cute little guy!

I didn't even notice that, looks like a little alien. lol

Luis A. Reyes · 07-02-13, 03:38 PM

Nice......

sweatshirt · 07-02-13, 03:39 PM

The rainy/summer season here has brought TONS of those little buggers (I'm not frog savvy so it's prob a different species). I went for a walk with my dog and saw them everywhere. Last year we woke up one morning to about 100 in our pool as well (on our SCREENED lanai to make it even more bizzare), and more every day afterwards. Hopefully not again this year :P

Amadeus · 07-02-13, 03:41 PM

Very cool frog. I'm not sure if we have these in pa.

Zoo Nanny · 07-02-13, 04:20 PM

I love tree frogs. I live on a lake so we get the grays and the peepers here. They are adorable.

Akuma223 · 07-02-13, 04:58 PM

I have two right now and they are fun little guys. Sometimes they like to sing to you.

smy_749 · 07-02-13, 05:08 PM

I don't like to keep animals I catch more than 5-10 minutes. Little dude was freakin, so I let him go on the tree in my balcony and he went on his merry little way.

Lankyrob · 07-02-13, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by smy_749

I don't like to keep animals I catch more than 5-10 minutes. Little dude was freakin, so I let him go on the tree in my balcony and he went on his merry little way.

Good for you mate

StudentoReptile · 07-02-13, 05:14 PM

Looks like a Gray treefrog, albeit an abnormally greenish one.

Zoo Nanny · 07-03-13, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by StudentoReptile

Looks like a Gray treefrog, albeit an abnormally greenish one.

Gray tree frogs turn a light gray and green color in the warm months in New England. They are darker gray in cool months. I have a tough time sometimes being able to tell the difference between the peeper and juvenile grays. We find both of them on the front of our house below the lights. We get millions of these gnat type bugs that swarm and then land on the house. The frogs have a field day/night eating there.

**Pareeeee** · 07-08-13, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by StudentoReptile

Looks like a Gray treefrog, albeit an abnormally greenish one.

I caught one when I was a teenager and kept it overnight. It was grey when I caught it and (very) bright green the next morning. It was the first time I had caught one and was shocked by the colour change. (Eastern Gray Tree Frog)

Anyway, they are super hard to find even though they sing like crazy in the spring. I'm jealous of your lucky find, smy!

Chu'Wuti · 07-04-13, 07:48 AM

StudenttoReptile and Zoo Nanny, thanks for helping with the identification and explanation of color variation! I wondered what the little guy was, but I'm not much of a frog person, though it's one critter I'd like to learn more about.

My stepson gave me a frog-call and identification DVD & book, so I'm looking forward to being able to make a better-educated stab at identifying some of the frogs I hear at night--we have a creek running through our property, so we hear LOTS of frogs. Bullfrog is the only one I can easily ID both by voice and by body.

Anyway, this little tree frog is a cutie! Thanks for sharing him (or her), smy_749!

StudentoReptile · 07-04-13, 04:25 PM

Yeah, we have the Copeland's grays down here in the south. I think the other subspecies is more prevalent in the northeast.