Green Treefrog
Hyla Squirella

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The squirella is still a little easier to identify on sight because it tends to look like a straight green to brown without
the strip to the eyes with mottled sides.
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Green Treefrog
Hyla Cinera

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These are the most common to hear about first in looking up Hyla's in general or looking for any in the pet trade. Most pet
trade are (WC) wild caught as opposed to the more preferable (CB) captive bred.
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Green Treefrog
Hyla Femorallis

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Tree frogs change colors from green to brown and even shades of gold between. Femoralis tends to have reddish browns, and
darker markings across the back like the gray treefrog. The only real way to distinguish them are yellow spots inside the
back thighs.
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Gray Green Treefrog
Hyla Versicolor

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They can be light or dark gray, or light gray with darker gray, black, yellow or green mottling. They are relatively small
compared to other North American frog species, typically no more than 1.5 up to 2 inches.
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Copes Gray Treefrog
Hyla Chrysoscelis

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Virtually indistinguishable from the versicolor. The only real difference to tell between them is their call. Copes has a
higher pitched and faster paced call than versicolor.
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Greenhouse Frog
Eleutherodactylus Planirostris

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These are living around my lawn mower shack. I ruled out others like the cricket frog and native narrow mouth types. These
frogs are very tiny, amazing jumpers, and like things pretty moist. I can't find them anywhere else in my yard thus far. They're
mainly recognized as getting as far as New Orleans and Georgia from Florida as an introduced species from Cuba, but they continue
to spread and you might find one yourself. They are from the family Leptodactylidae (neotropical, rain and leptodactylid frogs)
of suborder Neobatrachia. It's the same family as barking and chirping frogs. The greenhouse frog itself sounds kind of like
a cricket. They lay eggs that develop directly into a small frog with a tail it quickly reabsorbs. I'm keeping some as pets
and they're very good at hiding until its time for the fruitflies. They'd be ideal for anyone to practice on for raising baby
frogs or thinking about getting tinc's or as a feeder. Tropical/bog vivarium with small hides or leaves.
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Southern Leopard Frog
Rana Sphenocephala

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The guy who inspired me to make my backyard pond was a Rana, probably a typical leopard frog a little on the greener side.
It's really not common for them to come to my house but I'd like to encourage it.
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Gulf Coast Toad
Bufo valliceps

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We see these all the time, they're all over the place, especially around my garage when it's time to breed after a good spring/summer
rain. Unlike the other frogs they prefer to live a little on the damp side over very moist to wet and like to burrow under
things, under a house is ideal. You'd be amazed how one can scoot its little fat body into the thinnest crack in a chunk of
wood or underneath a rock. Very passive toad with dry, grainy skin, they puff themselves up to dissuade predators among other
things like pee and taste bad.
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