Monday, August 15, 2011

Gray tree frog





The gray tree frog is the most common tree frog in the United States of America. Like it's name it is gray when it is an adult....but when young it is green.The gray tree frog has a little yellow on the back of it's leg too. Although some captive bred gray's lack the yellow. they like to hide under bark and leaves. in the spring you will find them on the road right after it has rained. only the males croak. And they croak at night and even more if it has just rained. The Eggs of a gray tree frog are light colored: gray above and white below, and are deposited in globular clusters, and sometimes they are deposited singly, on under water vegetation. They will hatch in 2-5 days, therefore they are hard to find. The tadpoles hatch at about a quarter of an inch in length and are a light yellow in color. Their maximum size is around 2 1/2 inches. And the full size tadpoles have an olive green body and a brick red tail. The tadpole stage lasts 1-2 months.