Gray Treefrog

Adults: Ground color tan, gray or green (sometimes a very pale enamel gray or green), with an irregular, star-shaped dorsal blotch. Individual animals can change color rapidly. Suborbital light spot on each side of the head. Concealed portion of hind legs washed with bright orange. Skin granular or warty.

Habitat: Most common in large forested tracts. Avoids small isolated forest patches except when adjacent to a stream or other permanent source of water.

Ecology: Generally arboreal except when breeding. Often found perched at the tips of dead branches or on the trunks of trees.

Reproduction: Breeding occurs in late April into August in almost any shallow aquatic habitat. Eggs are laid in small packets loosely attached to vegetation at the water?s surface. Like the bird-voiced treefrog, the tadpoles are boldly marked in red and black, and transform in May through August about a month after hatching.

Voice: A loud, guttural trill. Males will call from perches above ground, on the ground, or from a floating position.