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[Mrkrabs]

Thank you.

owning Gray tree frogs are great fun. I love it in the summer when my sister wipes down the wall with warm water and lets him crawl all around.

Yeah, he gets flies in the summer when they get really bad my sister runs all over the house catching them and sticking them in his tank.

She'll do anything for her pets. hehe

[Kurt]

I am assuming the grays you have are Hyla versicolor and not Hyla chrysoscelis. Am I correct in my assumption?

[Mrkrabs]

I am assuming the grays you have are Hyla versicolor and not Hyla chrysoscelis. Am I correct in my assumption?

This mad sound really idiotic, but I don't know really what the difference is. ^^' I went and searched up pictures but couldn't see much of one..

[Kurt]

Visually, Hyla versicolor and H. chrysoscelis are the same. There are three ways to know the differences. The first and least likely method to be used by the average person is DNA testing. The second two, are hearing the call of the male, as they are different between the two species and location of where the frog was caught.

[John]

I think what Kurt means it that they really are Gray Tree Frogs, and not something else. You can't tell the difference between the two Gray TF species just by looking (anyone who tells you otherwise is wrong). If you mean water for misting then it shouldn't matter if it's tap water but you're better off with dechlorinated tap water. If it's for a water bowl or, like I have, to fill the bottom of the vivarium, then definitely dechlorinated tap water.

Welcome to the forum!

[John]

OK, I think I misjudged what Kurt was asking. Telling the calls apart is not very easy, except if both frogs are present calling at the same time. You're best to go by location unless you have a recording of the call.

[Kurt]

What I meant is, if you caught it yourself, then you would know where you caught it and you could use a field guide to figure what species you have. Example - if I caught a gray treefrog in my back yard, I would know it was H. versicolor, because that is the only species of gray treefrog here in New England.
If its male and you happen to hear it call, then maybe you could identify it, providing you know what one or the other sounds like. I do believe I search of the internet can provide some help here. If not there are CD's for sale.
Of course if you bought in a store and the frog never sings, well then its a big mystery.

[Mrkrabs]

We found it in Ontario .. I can search up more specific locations later xD

I haven't heard him sing in soooo long, but If I heard it I could probably tell that it was him. My sister could also probably tell, too.
thank you guys so much for your help, by the way. and I have been filling up his dish with dechlorinated water. :3 should we clean out the dead crickets?