Saved a treefrog today

[bherren1]

awesome find! kudos on saving the little frog's life. at work.....really?

[froggiez]

What a beautiful green froggie! I wish you the best of luck with him/her

[braaandooon]

nice frog, makes me want to go out in my yard and start identifying frogs, only thing i ever seem to find are toads

[John]

Kurt, I had already discounted Pine Barrens tree frog - the markings are wrong if you look carefully. The skin texture is off too. It has to be a Gray Tree Frog. Juveniles are often bright green like this for much of the time.

[Kurt]

With the knowledge that the frog was found in Minnesota, I have to concur with you John, it has to be a gray treefrog. I wasn't 100% sure in my ID, more like 89%. I was thrown off by the markings and the fact there was no white patch under the frog's eye.

Now if you excuse me, I have egg to wash off of my face.

[charlamanda]

I have had more than 1K Gray Tree froglets in my yard that had been hatched in my pool . I have seen every variation of these guys you could imagine and it is similar for sure, but none of the ones I've seen have the green on their legs. All have had stripes and no solid green at all. Your frog is quite the enigma, but very cute and beautifully colored. Last week I rescued a praying mantus from Walmart and a Cadidid. I brought them home and released them in my yard in the woods. An employee said a student from the High school next door brought a frog in the store and let it loose for a laugh. It died. I let them know if it happens again call me and I will come get it. People can be so cruel.

[charlamanda]

I was looking at some of my old pics of Gray Tree froglets and looked at a few that are still in my yard. Some actually do have quite a bit of green on their legs, but with the stripes, not solid, and not as green as their backs. I just wanted to update my last post