Any frogologists out there that can tell me what kind this is? It looks like a cricket frog to me
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Any frogologists out there that can tell me what kind this is? It looks like a cricket frog to me 24 comments
@openfields @dingodog19 ok but do toads climb front doors and change colors like the gray tree frog? It is possible I saw another species in nearly the same spot yesterday but if not it those are definitely traits @edm00se @AbandonedAmerica I would concur, some variety of toad. Could it be a Gray tree frog? https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/gray-tree-frog Are you in this range? @chargrille I think based on reading about them that it's likely you're right. One was climbing on my front door last night and they do change color. Unless that was another species in my yard. Cool! He/she/they is a cutie! Even cooler that they change colors. (In case it wasn't clear, my "Licensed Frogologist" was a joke. I googled "bumpy green frog" & started looking at pictures lol.) @chargrille I'm thoroughly stumped, I have some other frogologists that are making me think it may in fact be a toad and that I also have frogs in my yard. It's a mystery! @Brentguernsey I feel like this is a solid guess. One was sitting on my front door yesterday about halfway up it, so they can climb flat surfaces. The color changing seems like a fit too @AbandonedAmerica It looks like a young American or Fowler's toad to me. Or another Anaxyrus species, depending on where you are. Cricket frogs don't have those big glands behind the head and have a more streamlined shape and pointed snout. Gray treefrogs don't have the glands either. @cavedueller ok but do toads climb front doors and change colors like the gray tree frog? It is possible I saw another species in nearly the same spot yesterday but if not it those are definitely traits @AbandonedAmerica I think you have multiple new amphibian friends! At least, I've never heard of toads climbing a smooth surface like a door, and they sometimes look darker when they're cold but it's not much of a color change. |
@AbandonedAmerica is a kermit frog