In the early spring,I was out checking my garden and fig trees during nighttime and I spotted a baby tree frog on a fig branch with my flashlight.It was a tiny brown frog about 3/4" long on a vertical fig branch.I went back to the house and got my camera,but the frog was gone by the time that I made it back to the fig tree.

 I've been looking for the frog on this fig tree every day since.Today, he showed up again when I was checking my figs during a light rain. I went back to my house and hurried back with my camera to take his photo.

I hope that he stays around to eat some kudzu bugs and any other unwelcome insects on my figs. :)

Thanks for the frog pic Barry. Last year I had a similar experience with a North American grey tree frog on a fig leaf. He spent most of the summer eating a lot of leaf hoppers. It's amazing how a tiny animal such a frog on a fig tree can give so much enjoyment.

frogs are very welcome on my trees. along with lizards and anything that will eat insects. tho, i have not see our usual green tree frogs this yr. not sure why.

FYI...that looks like a Spring Peeper -- the distinguishing feature is usually the markings on the back that kind of look like an X.  Up here in NJ we look forward to them coming out in early spring (sometimes as early as Feb if there is a warm spell).  They don't get very large, so it might be full-grown.
Cheers,
Jim

Hi C.H.,
         The majority of my small frogs in my area are grey tree frogs like this one that was on a fig tree April 02 while it was still dormant.See thumbnail below.



Thanks for the education Jim,this is the first Spring Peeper that I have spotted on my property.He is about 1.5" in the photo in post #1 and apparently that is the size of an adult.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_peeper

The little grey guy is Hyla versicolor where the spring peeper ( Pseudacris crucifer ) is a brown color with the cross. The Pseudacris crucifer is very small about the size of your thumb nail where as Hyla versicolor  is about 1.5" in size. I know here in my neck of the woods they are both present but the Hyla versicolor is rare to see. The further south you go it is the other way around where Hyla versicolor is more common than Pseudacris crucifer.

The very first image that started the post is a spring peeper Pseudacris crucifer