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Gray treefrog
About this photograph
- Creator
- David Walbert
- Date created
- April 30, 2007
- Location
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use
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This gray treefrog was found sunning himself on the window of LEARN NC’s office suite. He may be an Eastern gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) or a Cope’s gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis); the appearance of the two species is identical, and they are distinguishable only by their call.
The gray treefrog can change its color to match its surroundings and may appear green, gray, or anything in between, but it always maintains the black blotches on its back. This frog is a steely gray, and with the black blotches has the perfect camoflauge for life on the window ledge of a modern office building!
This frog was perhaps two inches long, not counting legs.
