Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea)
Washington Co., NC 6/21/06. | |
Cape Hatteras, Dare Co., NC 10/19/03. | |
Durham, NC 5/3/09. | |
Chatham Co., NC 9/18/10. | |
There were half a dozen on top of leaves in this one small Black Willow tree at the edge of Jordan Lake. Chatham Co., NC 9/18/10. |
This Green Treefrog was partially buried in the litter layer of a pine forest. These large treefrogs formerly were restricted to the Coastal Plain in North Carolina, but are now regularly found in the lower Piedmont. Chatham Co., NC 3/25/08. |
Climbing a backyard fence in northern Chatham County, NC 3/26/03. Green Treefrog can be very similar to Squirrel Treefrog (Hyla squirella). Green Treefrog normally has a well-defined lateral light stripe. The lateral light stripe of the variable Squirrel Treefrog, when present, is supposed to have indistinct lower border. | |
This one looks a bit like a Squirrel Treefrog, but Alvin Braswell, Curator for Herpetology at the N.C. State Museum of Natural Sciences, thinks it may be a stripeless Green Treefrog morph. Falls Lake, Durham Co, NC 8/10/02. |
Chatham County, NC 3/26/03. |