Help Identifying these frogs....

[esteve59]

I rescued these from a pot at a nursery here in Maryland.....they could be native OR....they could have come in a plant shipment at the store.....
They just turned from tadpole to frog a few days ago.
They are about 1/2 inch.



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[UncleChester]

They look like Gray Treefrogs. Here's a care article (it also has tadpole and froglet pictures for you to compare):

Frog Forum - Gray Tree Frog Care and Breeding

[esteve59]

I think you are right.....thanks Uncle Chester !!

[Mosnikki]

they are NOT gray tree frogs trust me i have one

[frogluver]

What are they then?

[Badger]

Don't look like gray treefrogs too me, but it is quite possible. Could also be Green tree frogs, (American). The care would be basically the same as the care of a grey tree frog, as they are very similar. Usually grey tree frogs have more of a pattern on their backs. Greens have practically no pattern other than a white stripe on their side. There are morphs of the Green Tree Frog in which the stripe is absent.

[Mosnikki]

i thin you are right badger

[frogluver]

Don't look like gray treefrogs too me, but it is quite possible. Could also be Green tree frogs, (American). The care would be basically the same as the care of a grey tree frog, as they are very similar. Usually grey tree frogs have more of a pattern on their backs. Greens have practically no pattern other than a white stripe on their side. There are morphs of the Green Tree Frog in which the stripe is absent.

That's what I was thinking!

[potogold71]

look like gray's to me. Gray's morph out lime green and change later. At least the ones around here do.

[Badger]

Gray's morph out lime green and change later.

Never seen it around here, but if so then it's quite possible.

[frogluver]

Hmm, this is interesting. They do seem to have features of both.

[frogluver]

They could be Hyla chrysoscelis, Cope's Gray Treefrogs.

[Mosnikki]

this is pretty tricky i am not sure

[Rae]

Okay Both my Greys were bright solid green when I first found them... Frodo changed darker with a pattern and then grey within the first week. However Sam the smaller younger one stayed bright green for a few months... showed pattern off and on periodically (look at album). But if you really want to know watch there back hind legs as they grow . Greys have a very significant yellow markings on there back legs. American Green Tree Frogs get that white line down from mouth down there side. Also Greys have a lil marking almost like a square of different pattern under there eyes from what I have seen. (once again refer to my albums).

No Pattern or 1 and 4, 2 has yellow on his back legs, 3 shows marking under eye. This is a all the same frog a Grey Tree Frog. More pics are in my albums.


This link shows an American Green Tree Frog note the white line... but I dont know at what age that line is visible or shows up. http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=americ...1t:429,r:4,s:0

[UncleChester]

they are NOT gray tree frogs trust me i have one

I don't see how you are ruling out Gray Tree frogs from these photos. They look like the many little Grays I see around here when fresh out of the water (my locals are Hyla versicolor, visually identical to Hyla chrysoscelis, see also the picture of the young one in the caresheet). I'm not saying they can't be something else though. Given that they may have traveled from anywhere makes it more difficult, though it's most likely a USA native given the source and how annoying it can be to cross borders with plant shipments.

I've only seen a few pictures of juvenile Hyla cinerea (not native here but I do have an adult) and I got the impression that they were generally smoother than these pictures show. No guarantee though. A few months should help clear things up.

[Poly]

Sorry guys... your all wrong... I'd have to say, those are: Flying Black eyed Green Tree Horned Pacman Tomato toad frogs. Very rare... Couldn't help but join the debate!

[Whistly]

They could be Hyla versicolor as grey's can be green and the reason they are called Versicolor as far as I know is because they change colour and green is one of those colours. The eyes also match so they probably are Grey Tree frogs.

[Whistly]

Sorry guys... your all wrong... I'd have to say, those are: Flying Black eyed Green Tree Horned Pacman Tomato toad frogs. Very rare... Couldn't help but join the debate!

I'd love to see a photo of one of those lol, do they actually have trees for horns.

[Poly]

I'd love to see a photo of one of those lol, do they actually have trees for horns.

Small conifers, yes.

[Whistly]

Small conifers, yes.

WOW how does the frog keep them in check?
Does it get a little army of locusts to eat them down and then the frog eats the locusts?