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    isnt your frog a toad?? i found some of these in out garden ?? it looks like a great plains toad or is it some kind of a ranid

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    Quote Originally Posted by jeromeetabuzo View Post
    isnt your frog a toad?? i found some of these in out garden ?? it looks like a great plains toad or is it some kind of a ranid
    The back legs are too long and it lacks parotid glands, this rules out toads. It also has big toepads that ranids don't have but are characteristic of treefrogs.

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    It almost looks like a new species of Grey Tree Frog. The color combination with the darker patterning looks like a Grey I found here. Maybe its a hybrid?


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    Quote Originally Posted by GrifTheGreat View Post
    It almost looks like a new species of Grey Tree Frog. The color combination with the darker patterning looks like a Grey I found here. Maybe its a hybrid?
    The shape of the head, especially the eyes, are wrong for a Grey treefrog and it lacks the characteristic green patch below the eyes. As far as I know we have nothing in Canada that can or will hybridize with a Grey (aside from an Eastern with a Cope's, but they still have the same appearance).

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    Quote Originally Posted by UncleChester View Post
    The shape of the head, especially the eyes, are wrong for a Grey treefrog and it lacks the characteristic green patch below the eyes. As far as I know we have nothing in Canada that can or will hybridize with a Grey (aside from an Eastern with a Cope's, but they still have the same appearance).
    Perhaps someone's escaped pet? I know the head shape is off and the eyes are much too large for a Grey. I've never seen a Tree Frog with characteristics of many tropical/jungle Tree frog species in an area that is usually quite cool or cold. I'm not sure what we're looking at here. appearance of the frog with where its been found seems to be all wrong.

    I am no expert though.


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