Pine Woods Tree Frog

They are often mistaken for Gray Tree Frogs or Bird Voiced Tree Frogs but can be differentiated due to the yellow orange or white spots on their inner thighs.

Pine woods tree frog. The pine woods treefrog is similar in appearance to the squirrel treefrog except that it has a row of small orange yellow or even whitish spots on the rear of the thigh that cannot be seen when the frog is at rest. This little tree frog was under a spider web but neither the spider nor the frog seemed to be bothered. Pine Woods Tree frog Photos Pine Woods Tree frog Pictures Pine Woods Tree Frog Pine Woods Ttree Frogs Published on November 5th 2019 by staff under Frogs.

These very small frogs are sometimes called Morse code frogs because of their distinct call. Pine Woods Tree Frog. The Pinewoods treefrog is around 15 in length and can range from brown-gray to red-brown to gray-green color with dark mottlings on its back and small orange or yellowish spots on the rear of its thigh.

During droughts or cold weather it hides in or under rotten logs or in moist crevices in trees. Overwinters in decaying logs or under loose bark. This frogs toes are only slightly webbed and it often breeds in temporary wetlands including roadside ditches.

Pine flatwoods pine-oak forest and cypress swamps near breeding sites. They inhabit pine forests and flatwoods as well as cypress swamps in the Coastal Plain. Breeds in shallow fish-free wetlands including marshes bayheads cypress swamps and ditches.

Commentator Andy Wood ventured into a rain flooded pocosin recorder in hand to get a closer listen. Andys commentary Last weeks heavy weather swept up the Atlantic seaboard bringing storms and rain to our region. The pine woods treefrog is usually reddish brown brownish or grayish occasionally greenish with dark blotches on its back and small yellow orange or white spots on the rear of each thigh.

The pine woods treefrog is usually reddish brown brownish or grayish occasionally greenish with dark blotches on its back and small yellow orange or white spots on the rear of each thigh. Pine woods Treefrog Hyla femoralis photo 6. Species ID Suggestions Sign in to suggest organism ID.