Green Frog?

[Frogman1031]

The small tympanum could mean its a female green frog? My old female green frog had teeny little ears.

[UncleChester]

The dark mask is occasional spotty, especially on the tympanum (see attached). Wood Frogs also have black marks under the front limbs near the shoulders, which your picture may show (sort of, I'm not sure). You aren't too far out of the range map for it to be implausible, and introduced is certainly feasible, especially for a man made pond.

I don't suppose there's any chance of going back with a net or camera in hand?

[Mentat]

...I don't suppose there's any chance of going back with a net or camera in hand?

I can go back with camera and hope get lucky to photo frog again... it's a large pond area. The net is a no-no; imagine they would not like someone in their private pond with a net looking like it's capturing their fish or animals .

[UncleChester]

I can go back with camera and hope get lucky to photo frog again... it's a large pond area. The net is a no-no; imagine they would not like someone in their private pond with a net looking like it's capturing their fish or animals .

It's a meditative garden, tell them petting frogs is how you relax

Im noticing a spot in the tympanum. Do the wood frogs have this? Do bronze frogs live in virginia? They are like a subspecies of green frogs right?

The tympanum on a wood frog is generally black or very dark- the same colour as it's mask usually but it is occasionally spotty and they can vary quite a bit in their colouration. Bronze frogs are a fair bit to the south from Virginia, but those range maps...

Have you ruled out southern leopard frog? If that is a distinct spot on the tympanum, this would be more likely. They aren't always super spotty.

[Mentat]

...Have you ruled out southern leopard frog? If that is a distinct spot on the tympanum, this would be more likely. They aren't always super spotty.

Think you got it Brian ! Went to look at pics of Rana sphenocephala - Southern Leopard Frog and found a couple of brown ones with little to no spotting. The ridges, body and pointy face all match. Thanks for the help with ID !

[Randy]

i was going to say leopard frog seen plenty around here look like that .