Can you ID this Frog/Toad?

19 years ago

I found this little frog in our Connecticut yard. It looked like a rock at first. I've never seen one like it. Anyone know what it is?

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furnone
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19 years ago
Aha! I think I've identified it as a spring peeper. Right?
Day_By_Day
19 years ago
Goin' with Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor).
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Oh Horton, you are so funny. I've got the picture in my mind. LOL. We had such a rare cold winter that I told one of the girls at work that when the temps hit 50 I'd wear a bikini and I'm cold-natured enough as it is. It is sad to lose some, but that is nature doing her thing. Thank you. Jenny, I am glad you enjoyed them. I did the same thing and poured through hundreds of pictures. The thing I liked best is every pond is different and as is their flair for ponding. And I have gotten so much great advice. I had really been really picky about the rocks I wanted, like just certain colors, shapes, whatnot. While I am far from finishhed, I am happy with the looks of it so far. I think the best thing you can do to avoid the necklace look, is to vary the sizes of the rocks. You will get the necklace look when you first start out, but it will go away when you start stacking. Now I am lookiing for inspiration for landscaping OUTSIDE the pond myself. You all have a wonderful day.
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I think Horton was right about it looking like a Leopard Frog - they look like the Southern Leopard Frogs, and the website below has a GREAT picture of them. Also mentions a possible subspecies, Florida Leopard Frog. The website even has some sound files, too! Maybe that will help. Good luck ~ they're PRETTY little frogs!! Maybe one of them ate a Prince ;) Here is a link that might be useful: University of Florida's Wildlife Extension Frog Lookup
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Very nice pixs of frogs n' toads, earlybird! I love our native amphibs here. Oh, and I have a frog story to share.... I had one of those hideous Cuban frogs get into my bedroom one night about two weeks ago. There was a small gap in the screen frame (fixed now) and he somehow squeezed in. I was woken to the sound of a thud on my wall, another thud on the second wall, and then "SPLAT!!!" the little !#$*!!! jumped to the ceiling, missed, and landed on ME. I shall not share the location of the landing zone. *G* This was about one in the morning. I was NOT amused. At all. My cats were going nuts, but I managed to grab the pasty white ghost frog, go out into the back yard barefooted, whereby I almost immediately stepped in dog poop. I flung the hideous thing like a major league outfielder and it landed in the middle of the lake. I hope the fish pecked at him for a really lonnnnnggggg time. Oh I do hate those evil things. When I was down south working for the vet in Jensen Beach we used to tell people to put them (both Cuban and Bufo) in a freezer bag and freeze them to death, so that might be an option for the more squeamish.
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Looks like a very young one, but yeah, its a green frog.
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anita55
19 years ago
Look at the photos I took in the post called Frogs on Pool Cover - same frog? I'm in New York, and these gray tree frogs are pretty common I think, though I have never seen one up close before. Did he make a loud chirping noise?
furnone
Original Author
19 years ago
I'm almost certain it's a Spring Peeper. Check this photo and link from the University of Rhode Island. It describes the chirping we hear around our pool and the other characteristics of the one I found.

Here is a link that might be useful: Spring Peeper at URI
Day_By_Day
19 years ago
Sticking with Gray Treefrog. Big difference in "dark X" on SP back and "dark blotch" on Gray's back.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gray
birdnerd_md
19 years ago
I just joined, so I've been browsing. I know this was posted over a month ago, but thought I'd jump in anyway. It's hard to tell size from a picture, but it looks to me like a grey treefrog. Spring peepers are about the size of your thumbnail, or thereabouts, and grey treefrogs are more golf ball sized. Did you see the belly? They have bright yellow bellies.
arenee
18 years ago
We have the same one on our deck. I'm saying it's a Cope's Gray treefrog. We had tadpoles and some survived. We have a few smaller ones this year. I think it's great!!! Good luck.
mfuture
18 years ago
100 % gray treefrog. There are actually two cryptic species in connecticut(i live in Norwalk, CT) Hyla versicolor & Hyla chrysoscelis. They can only be identified 100% by a DNA test. Their calls are also slightly different. They will soon be calling and breeding.

Here is a link that might be useful: CT Herpetology Blog

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