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Tree Frog

Hyla versicolor/chrysoscelis

Photo by Jacob Gorneau
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Field Notes

Description:

This beautiful young treefrog was very small, and found on a the leaf of a wetland plant.

Habitat:

Found at Irwin Prairie State Nature Preserve, which consisted mostly of wetland prairies.

Notes:

Hyla versicolor and H. chrysoscelis are indistinguishable except by genetic analysis or calls. They are distinguishable by range in some areas, but generally not so.

Thanks to Ashley for the following links.

H. versicolor:
http://berkeleymapper.berkeley.edu/index.html?tabfile=http://amphibiawe…
H. chrysoscelis:
http://berkeleymapper.berkeley.edu/index.html?tabfile=http://amphibiawe…

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Comments (13)
Jacob Gorneau
Thank you so much, Ashley, Reza, Maria, Lauren, Adarsha, and outsidegirl0!
AshleyT
Oh my gosh, it's so cute!! I am very jealous, I've never found one this adorable before :)

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