Gr8Figs
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Posted 1373259235
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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.
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sirlampsalot
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Posted 1373284322
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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.
bullet08
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Posted 1373285628
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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.
needaclone
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Posted 1373301856
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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.
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Gr8Figs
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Posted 1373312376
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Hi C.H.,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_peeper
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Paul_D
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Posted 1373313128
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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.
