photo by William J. Barichivich (USGS) Common Name: Squirrel Tree Frog, Rain FrogScientific Name: Hyla squirellaFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog FamilyLocations: United States - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and VirginiaIntroduced Location: BahamasSize: 0.9 - 1.5 inches (23 - 37 mm) The Squirrel Tree Frog are not always green… Continue reading Squirrel Tree Frog (Hyla squirella)
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River Frog (Rana heckscheri)
photo from the USGS Common Name: River FrogScientific Name: Rana heckscheriFamily: Ranidae - True Frog familyLocations: United States - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South CarolinaIntroduced Location: ChinaMale Size: 3.5 - 4.7 inches (90 - 120 mm)Female Size: 5.1 - 6Â inches (90 - 155 mm) The River Frog is found in the southeast… Continue reading River Frog (Rana heckscheri)
Yellow Dyer Rainfrog (Diasporus citrinobapheus)
photo by Hertz A, Hauenschild Common Name: Yellow Dyer Rainfrog or Yellow Dink FrogScientific Name: Diasporus citrinobapheusFamily: EleutherodactylidaeLocations: PanamaSize: 17.3–19.7 mm The Yellow-Dyer Rainfrog is a relatively new species of frogs to scientists, only being described in 2012. It gets its name from the fact that when you handle the frog, it dyes your fingers… Continue reading Yellow Dyer Rainfrog (Diasporus citrinobapheus)
Southern Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana muscosa)
photo by Chris Brown (USGS) Common Name: Southern Mountain Yellow-Legged FrogScientific Name: Rana muscosaFamily: Ranidae - True Frog familyLocations: United States - CaliforniaSize: 2 - 3 inches (5 - 7.6 cm) The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List and the United States federal government categorizes the Southern Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog as… Continue reading Southern Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana muscosa)
Reticulated Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium valerioi)
photo by John P Clare Common Name: Reticulated Glass Frog, Valerio's Glass Frog, La Palma Glass Frog, and Ranita de VidrioScientific Name: Hyalinobatrachium valerioiFamily: Centrolenidae - Glass Frog FamilyLocations: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and PanamaMale Size: 0.76 - .94 inchesFemale Size: .88 - 1.02 inch (22.5 - 26 mm) Like most Glass Frogs from the… Continue reading Reticulated Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium valerioi)
Pig Frog (Rana grylio)
photo by the USFWS Common Name: Pig FrogScientific Name: Rana grylioFamily: Ranidae - True Frog FamilyLocations: United States - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and TexasIntroduced Locations: Bahamas, China, and Puerto Rico.Size: 6.5 inches (165 mm) The Pig Frog is named after the male's mating call that sounds like a pig grunt. Like… Continue reading Pig Frog (Rana grylio)
Marbled Balloon Frog (Uperodon systoma)
photo by Gihan Jayaweera Common Name: Marbled Balloon FrogScientific Name: Uperodon systomaFamily: MicrohylidaeLocations: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri LankaSize: 2.5 inches The Marbled Balloon Frog spends most of its life underground, only coming to the surface during the summer monsoons from May to July. They have powerful hind legs, that help them burrow deep in… Continue reading Marbled Balloon Frog (Uperodon systoma)
Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)
photo by Walter Siegmund Common Name: Western ToadScientific Name: Anaxyrus boreasFamily: Bufonidae - True Toad familyLocations: Canada, Mexico, and the United StatesUS Locations: Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and WyomingSize: 2.2 - 5 inches (5.6 - 13 cm) The Western Toad lives in the western North America, from Alaska… Continue reading Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas)
Crawfish Frog (Rana areolatus)
photo by Todd Pierson Common Name: Crawfish FrogScientific Name: Rana areolatusFamily: Ranidae - True Frog familyLocations: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and TexasSize: 4.4 inches (113 mm) long for females, 4.1 inches (105 mm) long for males The Crawfish Frog is named after the fact that… Continue reading Crawfish Frog (Rana areolatus)
Lowland Burrowing Tree Frog (Smilisca fodiens)
photo by Rafael Alejandro Calzada-Arciniega Common Name: Lowland Burrowing Tree Frog or Northern Casquehead FrogScientific Name: Smilisca fodiensFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog familyLocations: Mexico and the United StatesUS Location: ArizonaSize: 2.5 inches (6.35 cm) The Lowland Burrowing Tree Frog is not your typical tree frog, it is not usually found living in the trees, it… Continue reading Lowland Burrowing Tree Frog (Smilisca fodiens)