Copes(?) Tree Frog

[kaysie]

Found this little guy hanging out on my back porch today.

He's gone back to living in my Impatiens, eating lots of bugs!

 

[robert]

Cool,
I thought it was impossible to distinguish them from the "other" Hyla versicolor without biopsy. Or is that info obsolete?
Or maybe is the issue that you found him in a place where the ranges don't overlap?

 

[kaysie]

*shrug* couldnt tell you (Hence the ? after Copes). I just thought he was cute.

 

[nate]

You're right Robert, there's still no way to distinguish between them physically in the field

 

[mark]

They are always a fun frog to find, and although they are common in Michigan, I rarely see them.

 

[nicholas]

I found one once, in a backyard, across the street from St. John's Marsh. I took it across the street to the marsh, because the yard was pretty bare, and eventually it could have wound up in the road or something. I was totally geeked when I found it.

(Message edited by xamphibiax on October 04, 2004)

 

[nicholas]

I like how they curl up, and chill like in your picture.

 

[anna]

actually, if you get a chance to hear him call, H. versicolor and H. chrysocelis have completely different voices; i didn't realize this until it came up in class today and i immediately ran home to try and figure out which on mine is! no luck yet....