Green Frog?

[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.