What kind of frogs are these?

[Danam1218]

My boyfriend and I live just north of Dallas and we were out in the woods by a creek yesterday and came across hundreds of baby frogs hopping all over the place. We caught a couple to try to identify them but they're so small, I'm not sure. My guess at the moment is that they're most likely bullfrogs.

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[eric048]

leopards or bulls, do they have big ears if they do they could be bulls, keep in mind that bull frog tadpoles wait 3 years before they turn into frogs

[Danam1218]

They're still very little and I'm not really able to see their ears at all yet. Maybe they aren't bulls if they're this little, I've seen bullfrog tadpoles and their bodies are like 3x bigger than these frogs are. Here's another picture from the front.
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[NatureLady]

They look like adult cricket frogs. Pictures are kind of hard to see them well.

[NatureLady]

Look at the bands on the legs (your 2nd photo) and the stripes on the lips (4th photo)...cricket frogs! They think it is spring and are out singing here in Oklahoma too.

[Danam1218]

Well cool! Thank you Boyfriend was afraid they were bullfrogs and would grow up to eat us out of house and home lol

[NatureLady]

No problem!

[Iratus ranunculus]

Consider it confirmation from the guy who studies them:

You have yourself northern cricket frogs. Acris crepitans. Probably the most awesome little hylids ever, even if they are short lived (average lifespan is 13 months, they dont live long)

[NatureLady]

Probably the most awesome little hylids ever, even if they are short lived (average lifespan is 13 months, they dont live long)

Wow, I knew they had a short life, but 13 months...That is amazing!

[husker]

There life span is much longer in captivity.
I have had one live 3 years.