Frog Identification
Can you identify this frog?
Found in Southeast West Virginia, there are only 14 suspects, unless he doesn't really belong here.
Found the next day, in a small hole that I dug to try and understand the ground water here, in a mature forest, on an Appalachian foothill/side of a small mountain. Soil has a lot of clay/mud and springs/underground streams.
I picked him up, placed him on moss, photographed, and put him back, so I can't check for spades.
He seems to vary from the prime suspects by:
1- The 2 well defined ridges on his back.
2- His well defined ear thingy. (tympanum?)
3- Belly Spots.
4- Thin-ness of the yellow ring in his eye.
5- Bulging oversized eyes that seem pretty close together.
6- It's darker than the suspects, and was found on light "dirt".
It is about an inch to an inch and a half, and appears to be a juvenile. His hind feet are well webbed.
Prime Suspects:
Eastern spadefoot
Eastern cricket frog
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Mountain chorus frog
Upland chorus frog
Frogs of interest (Doubtful):
Gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) C
Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) C
Eastern American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) C
Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) C
Northern spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) C
American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) C
Northern green frog (Lithobates clamitans) C
Wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) C
Northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) U
Pickerel frog (Lithobates palustris) C
Thanks in advance!
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