I've tried, but what is this?

[rokosz]

I love amphibs in general, but I have as much luck id'ing them as I do id'ing weeds in my lawn.

This guy is defying id. Found him in Central Florida. consulted this list but none of them seemed appropriate (Florida Wildlife Extension at UF/IFAS)

Suburban location, I suppose this could be someone's terrarium escapee or reject? Thanks, hope its as interesting to you as me!

[DigitalPunk]

I am awful at IDing frogs from photos, but comparing your picture to the ones from the link the only one it remotely resembles is the Cope's Grey Treefrog.

[UncleChester]

How big is it?

Cuban would be my first guess, they can vary considerably in their pattern. Do you have any photos where the toe-pads are visible? Or a photo from the side?

Head/eye shape and the pattern look off to be a grey.

[DigitalPunk]

Yeah I would of been shocked if it was a Grey. The texture of the skin is off for a Grey as well, but given the color pattern and what I can see it was the closest looking one. I looked at the Cubans and can see similarities, but the color pattern is way off... i would never had guessed. I am going to crawl back to the vivarium section lol

[UncleChester]

Google "Cuban Treefrog Photos", the range of patterns and colours they come in is pretty amazing. Cuban could be very wrong, I'm partly playing the odds here- tree frog in suburban setting in Florida. They're not something I really have much in the way of first hand experience in though, a few in pet stores and reptile shows. The Florida living wild frog hunters have an advantage

Grays on the other hand, I've seen hundreds of wild samples. No shame in a wrong guess on an ID, I know I've been wrong hundreds of times. It's how you learn

[flybyferns]

Southern Chorus Frog ?

SUPER video w/ Fla frogs in their natural habitat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwECjnPBOtw

Good luck !

[Strider18]

It does look like it could possibly be a chorus frog. The body looks right, but not the pattern. Could you show a side picture? It may help in identifying it.

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[UncleChester]

A type of chorus frog is a definite possibility- check the toepads or lack thereof (I can't make them out in this pic). Some can have similar patterns to this one.

Amphibiaweb's list might also help http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_qu...-state_code=FL

They don't list the Upland Chorus frog as being in Florida, but the OP's link does. It can have a similar pattern.

[Strider18]

Hey anything is possible when it comes to amphibians and Florida I will research it more in a little bit. Again more pictures would be helpful

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[Strider18]

Looks like it may be a Pseudacris clarkii. They have great color patterns and they look almost identical to this frog

[rokosz]

Hey anything is possible when it comes to amphibians and Florida I will research it more in a little bit. Again more pictures would be helpful

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Thanks for all the input! Sorry, no other pics available. He's off into the piney woods somewhere. If it helps, daytime, "He was hiding among the weeds I was pulling out of the pot , pretending he was dead!!". There is no permanent water within a quarter mile, and only a broad/deep overflow swale that's normally dry. Trees are predominantly slash pine and live oak.

The markings are striking -- and nothing like any of the shots at the UF page or the Berkeley. I think I saw a reference somewhere to a leopard frog -- but it wasn't native and didn't seem right either.

[Strider18]

No problem I am 90% sure that's its a Psuedacris clarkii since the size, color, shape, and pattern all match that frog

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[UncleChester]

The range maps for Pseudacris clarkii put it a few states away, that would make it unlikely.

It's not a Leopard Frog, the body shape looks wrong for a Ranid.

A large local amphibian diversity is a blessing and a curse. Pretty markings no matter what it is though.

[Strider18]

The range maps for Pseudacris clarkii put it a few states away, that would make it unlikely.

It's not a Leopard Frog, the body shape looks wrong for a Ranid.

A large local amphibian diversity is a blessing and a curse. Pretty markings no matter what it is though.

I see that it is a few states away but again, many species get introduced into different states, especially Florida. Again I could be totally wrong but it looks very similar to Pseudacris clarkii

[UncleChester]

For sure anything is possible, but finding it out in the semi-wild (as opposed to hopping out of your imported cabbage or in the tropical plant section of home dept or in the parking lot of a reptile expo or something else likely to have come from the Texas area in this case) you pretty much expect there to be a breeding population around. This starts to get unlikely that it's gone unnoticed this far from it's usual range. But, as you say, it's not impossible.