What Type/Gender is My Little Guy?

[YourSoJelly]

I have a new frog, named Steve. I am really hoping he is a he, and not a she! Also, I would like to know his type/breed/label. He was found in Northern Indiana, August 9th, 2013. Anyways, here are his pictures! Thanks ya'll!

[BlueKiwiOca]

*tentative* Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor). I don't live in the US so I can't be sure. The little guy looks too young to sex. However, with frogs, males tend to be smaller than females, croak, and develop nuptial pads by their thumbs. Females are generally larger, and are silent.

[YourSoJelly]

*tentative* Gray Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor). I don't live in the US so I can't be sure. The little guy looks too young to sex. However, with frogs, males tend to be smaller than females, croak, and develop nuptial pads by their thumbs. Females are generally larger, and are silent.

Thank you! He isn't a Gray Tree Frog, he doesn't look like any of the pictures.

[BlueKiwiOca]

Gray Tree Frogs can vary from what Steve looks like to mottled grey-brown colouration. Like this pic: Google Image Result for http://www.daveluzader.com/Wildlife/album/slides/copes%2520grey%2520tree%2520frog.jpg

As I said, its a tentative guess, but he also doesn't look like any other frogs of Indiana: DNR: Frogs & Toads of Indiana
Maybe a green tree frog, but they tend to have a bold white/cream lateral stripe.

[YourSoJelly]

Gray Tree Frogs can vary from what Steve looks like to mottled grey-brown colouration. Like this pic: Google Image Result for http://www.daveluzader.com/Wildlife/album/slides/copes%2520grey%2520tree%2520frog.jpg

As I said, its a tentative guess, but he also doesn't look like any other frogs of Indiana: DNR: Frogs & Toads of Indiana
Maybe a green tree frog, but they tend to have a bold white/cream lateral stripe.

Pfft... It would TOTALLY be me to find a new species of frog, or an extinct species, or an intrusive species... Great.

[BlueKiwiOca]

Check out "Cuban Tree Frog".. they're an invasive species. I don't know their range, but I guess it's a slight possibility... I'm still sticking with my tentative guess of Gray Tree Frog though... mainly because of the range and mottled grey colouration on Steve's feet and legs

[badkelpie]

I'm gonna have to agree, I think he's a grey tree frog, just green. Look at the "tear stain" markings compared to him and the grey tree frog pictures, it's identical.

[YourSoJelly]

Steve was released back in to the wild today. He is in the single Tree in my front yard, and he blends in very well! Here is my last picture of Steve;

I'm not sure if the picture posted, I can't tell on my phone.

[YourSoJelly]

Steve right after I let him go:


He didn't wander far! He was a few feet up, and I managed to snag another pic:

[blackberry16199]

It's a hyla Versicolor--I just caught one almost identical yesterday!! I'm a
Most 100% sure it's an eastern but it's definitely a grey. it's too young to 100% determine gender until its an adult

[blackberry16199]

I'm in northwest indiana; they're definitely the same species

[blackberry16199]

It has orange thighs. That proves its a grey.

[Java]

It has orange thighs. That proves its a grey.

Again, there are other tree frogs out there with orange on their thighs that are not Grays..

[Tubby0512]

That would be a Grey Tree Frog. If its a male it will have black speckles or a dark greyish blackish throat (you won't be able to tell until they are about 4-5 months old) Also males are the only ones that croak and females have a solid white throat and do not croak. I own # Grey Tree Frogs. All raised from eggs. I have over 20 mated pairs around my pool no joke.

[Tubby0512]

Also when grey's are babies they are Green. They will turn grey as they age. My adult one is a year old and he can turn from grey to green to a dark almost brownish color. He has a worty skin. At the moment my 2 baby grey's are a blueish greenish and the other one is green and they both have smooth skin. They will get wory skin as they age. My adult one didn't change to Grey until he was 6-7 months old.

[poison]

Baby ygrey tree frogs can also turn grey.

[Java]

All Pine Woods. They are all over where I live in Florida. I have owned a few in the past. Young-ish ones have an unbelly just like the one seen in the picture. As they get older, they get a bright spots on the underside of their legs (which you can start seeing on the one posted for identification..). When they start changing to brown, spots are more noticeable to clearly noticeable on their backs.

There.