#cope's gray treefrog

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Grey/Cope's Tree Frog?

Have you seen Cope's gray treefrog (Dryophytes chrysoscelis)?

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Voting ended onFeb 14, 2025

These come in a range of colors and textures, all very cute!

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Frog tummy!

Cope's Gray Treefrog

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today's funky frog of the day: cope's gray treefrog (Dryophytes chrysoscelis)!!! these friends are very similar to the gray treefrog. their breeding season is from may to august, and they are capable of surviving temperatures as cold as -8 degrees Celsius.

photo by Rob Van Epps

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Cope’s Gray Treefrog!

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When you build fancy tree frog tubes and they hang out on your house...

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A juvenile Cope’s gray treefrog [Hyla chrysoscelis] climbs a flower arrangement on a spring day in Virginia. Images by John White.

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Cope's Gray Treefrog

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Gray Tree Frog

The gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) is a species of small arboreal frog native to much of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. t is sometimes referred to as the eastern gray treefrog, common gray treefrog, or tetraploid gray treefrog to distinguish it from its more southern, genetically disparate relative, the Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). As the scientific name implies, gray treefrogs are variable in color owing to their ability to camouflage themselves from gray to green, depending on the substrate where they are sitting. The degree of mottling varies.

The gray treefrog is most common in forested areas, as it is highly arboreal. Their calls are often heard in rural residential areas of the East Coast and the Midwest. Gray treefrogs inhabit a wide range, and can be found in most of the eastern half of the United States, as far west as central Texas and Oklahoma. They also range into Canada in the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, and Manitoba, with an isolated population in New Brunswick. The gray treefrog is capable of surviving freezing of their internal body fluids to temperatures as low as -8 °C.

These frogs rarely ever descend from high treetops except for breeding. They are strictly nocturnal. Male gray tree frogs rarely have large choruses, as they are mostly solitary animals, but might vocalize competitively at the height of breeding periods. Mating calls and chorusing are most frequent at night, but individuals often call during daytime in response to thunder or other loud noises. Gray treefrogs may congregate around windows and porch lights to eat insects that are attracted to the light. During the day they often rest on horizontal tree branches or leaves out in the open, even in the sun. Evidently they are less prone to overheating and desiccation than other amphibians and rely on their superb camouflage to hide them from predators. In captivity, they become tame and learn to associate their owners with food, even to the point of lunging at empty fingers that usually contain an insect.