A big sound for a little frog who clings to the screen door. My office is alive with them calling from the fish pond to others in flower pot saucers on the deck to the door and back again. Another one must be near the bathroom window. The sounds from outside are wonderful! From time to time a Fowler's Toad and some other amphibians join in.
This fellow is a Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). Hyla is Greek and means "belonging to the woods." The species name, chrysoscelis, comes from the Greek words chryso which means gold and kelis which means "a spot," referring to the orange-yellowish spotting on the inner thigh. The frog's average length is 1.3 to 2 inches.
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