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[darrel]

Hello, my name is darrel and I was invited here from a mutual friend.
I have visited this site before and have gotten pretty good info from it, Thank you. I have the following critters: 2 north american tree frogs, 2 anoleis (I call them the geico geco), 2 fire belly toads, a whites tree frog and then we just got a baby Iguana. we tried a baby pac man and a red rubber tree frog but sadly they passed. I think that they had some shock still from shipping to the pet store.

[tylototriton]

Welcome to the forum Darrel!

[Kurt]

Welcome aboard. Just curious, what exactly is a North American treefrog? We have several species native to this continent. Are they Hyla cinerea or Hyla versicolor or Hyla gratiosa? Green treefrogs, Hyla cinerea are green with have a white stripe on each side, but not always. Gray treefrogs, Hyla versicolor are generally gray with a pattern that resembles tree bark. They also have the ability to change color, from gray to green to white or to brown. Barking treefrogs, Hyla gratiosa are green like H. cinerea but have a textured skin and generally have brown spots on the back. Those are the three most common native species in the pet trade.

[darrel]

It is a green tree frog like jodi has on her arm, the pet store here called it a north american.

[Kurt]

Thanks for the information. The term North American treefrog is way to broad of a term. There is a pic of mine in my profile. Mine lacks the stripe.

[John]

Welcome to the forum!

[darrel]

Thanks for the information. The term North American treefrog is way to broad of a term. There is a pic of mine in my profile. Mine lacks the stripe.

I was thinking he looked like the woods tree frog, my bust.

[darrel]

Welcome to the forum!

Thank you, I have only been in to the frogs for about a year so I don't know that much.

[jody]

hi derrel, nice to see you here.
Mr kurt, does he have red eyes? I have seen the light green frogs with no stripes. they are bigger, and dont seem to change from light to dark like my stripy gtf. they are called leaf frogs in the pet store. are they the same but for the stripe? is the no stripe frog native to the us too?

[tylototriton]

Kurt's frog is a Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea) and is native to the U.S. His just happens to be slightly different, you'll see some GTFs with yellow spots, some that are albino, and even some that are blue. You're probably talking about Red Eyed Tree Frogs (Agalychnis callidryas). They do change from lime green to dark green quite often and as the name suggests they have bright red eyes.

Alex

[Kurt]

Kurt's frog is a Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea) and is native to the U.S. His just happens to be slightly different, you'll see some GTFs with yellow spots, some that are albino, and even some that are blue. You're probably talking about Red Eyed Tree Frogs (Agalychnis callidryas). They do change from lime green to dark green quite often and as the name suggests they have bright red eyes.

I could've said any better myself. And I have both a GTF and 4 red-eyed leaf frogs some of which are posted in my profile.

[Kurt]

BTW if you look in the Peterson field guide for the Eastern US, they show both colour morphs of Hyla cinerea in one of the color plates.