Hyla femoralis
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Pine Woods Treefrog
Later in the day we traveled to another part of Okefenokee NWR, and I found another sleeping treefrog, this one green. The sure way to identify this species is by a series of yellow/orange spots on the normally concealed part of the thighs. This frog was sleeping in a pose where these spots were just barely visible.
After dark, wandering around the campground with a flashlight, I found another Pine Woods Treefrog in yet another color: brown.
Suwannee Canal Recreation Area, Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Charlton County, Georgia—May 2, 2004
This species is quite variable in color. This gray one is the first individual I ever saw, sleeping on a small stump near a boardwalk.
I had to include one more of these frogs, just because it was so humorously fat. Lots of bugs to eat in the swamp. I hope it enjoys mosquitos.
Online references:
- Hyla femoralis account on Walter Knapp's Frogs and Toads of Georgia
Printed references:
- Ashton, R. E. Jr., Ashton, P. S. 1988. Handbook of Reptiles and Amphibians of Florida, Part Three: The Amphibians
- Bartlett, R. D., Bartlett, P. B. 1999. A Field Guide to Florida Reptiles and Amphibians
- Behler, J. L., King, F. W. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians
- Carmichael, P., Williams, W. 1991. Florida's Fabulous Reptiles & Amphibians
- Conant, R., Collins, J. T. 1998. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition, expanded
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Edition
- Elliott, L., Gerhardt, C. and Davidson, C. 2009. The Frogs and Toads of North America
- Jensen, J. B., Camp, C. D., Gibbons, W., and Elliott, M. J. 2008. Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia