Grey Tree Frogs

In New Hampshire, this week, I found two grey treefrogs. I am keeping them in one of my terreriums. They are both males, and very similar, so I only spent time in taking pictures of one of them. The other is greener and darker, and slightly larger than this one, below.

The grey tree frog, found in abundance, in the North-East U.S., is a small frog, only about 1 to 2 inches in length. A master at camoflauge, with it's perfect combo of green, brown, and dark, treeish colors like that, it is extrememly hard to spot, when it's sitting still, as it often does. However, when it is frightened or durring a mating fight or show, it will display bright orange or red thighs, which are striking by themselves, let alone on such a subtle colored amphibian. The grey tree frog is not neccesarily grey in every frog. As with most animals, coloring, shape, size etc. differ from frog to frog. It is not uncommon to find two exactly the same, or very different frogs in the same area. Some frogs can be greener, greyer, browner, darker or brighter. It is often confused with the spring peeper, which is much smaller, far less adorned with markings, and lacks the orange thighs. If you are near a pool of water, or a swamp, or pond surrounded by bushes, and thickly leafed trees, you will probubly hear their high pitched trill call. Listen to the call here, and see if you've ever heard it before. I bet you have!

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