Category: tree frog thursday

photo by Todd Pierson Common Name: Northern Cricket FrogScientific Name: Acris crepitansFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog familyLocation: United States - New York, New Jersey, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and KentuckySize: 1.3 inches or 3.5 cm While the Northern Cricket Frog is a member of the… Continue reading Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)

photo by Jeromi Hefner; USGS Common Name: Pine Woods Tree FrogScientific Name: Hyla femoralisFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog familyLocations: United States - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and VirginiaSize: 1 - 1.5 inches (2.5 - 3.8 cm) The Pine Woods Tree Frog can be found in pine forests hence their name… Continue reading Pine Woods Tree Frog (Hyla femoralis)

Bird Voiced Tree Frog - photo by Todd Pierson Common Name: Bird Voiced Tree FrogScientific Name: Hyla avivocaFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog FamilyLocations: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, TennesseeFemale Size: 2 inches (53 mm)Male Size: 1.5 inches (38 mm) The Bird Voiced Tree Frog is named… Continue reading Bird Voiced Tree Frog (Hyla avivoca)

photo by wikiuser Fredlyfish4 Common Name: Barking Tree FrogScientific Name: Hyla gratiosaFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog familyLocations: United States - Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, and VirginiaSize: 1.9 - 2.75 inches (50 - 70 mm) The Barking Tree Frog gets its name from the male's… Continue reading Barking Tree Frog (Hyla gratiosa)

photo by Todd Pierson Common Name: Upland Chorus Frog and Southeastern Chorus FrogScientific Name: Pseudacris feriarumFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog familyLocations: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky,  Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West VirginiaSize: 0.75 - 1.5 in. (1.9 - 3.8 cm) While the Upland Chorus Frog… Continue reading Upland Chorus Frog (Pseudacris feriarum)

photo by Adam G. Clause Common Name: Hourglass Tree FrogScientific Name: Dendropsophus ebraccatusFamily: Hylidae - Tree Frog FamilyLocations: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and PanamaSize: 0.9 - 1 inch (23 - 26.75 mm) The Hourglass Tree Frog is a arboreal species of frog, but they come down to the ground to… Continue reading Hourglass Tree Frog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus)