Gray/Cope's Gray Tree Frog

Since Ben has given you the correct ID for this frog, please update the spotting so it can be removed from the unidentified list! Since it is impossible to tell between the two gray tree frogs by a photo, you can enter in the information as common name: Gray/Cope's Gray Tree Frog with scientific name: Hyla versicolor/chrysoscelis. Thanks!

And I assume by now you have gotten him out of your toilet? ;) If you have clean hands, you can safely handle them and take them somewhere with trees and not too far from water. If you aren't comfortable with picking them up with your hands, gloves are always good too :)

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Ben,

Thanks for chiming in. That was my best guess. We did catch the frog and released him/her into woods behind our back yard, since that seemed to be good habitat for a tree frog. While we had the frog captive, we did observe the yellow/orange coloration on his/her back legs.

Donna

It's one of the gray tree frogs, genus Hyla. Both overlap in range and are indistinguishable from each other except for their calls. It's either a Cope's or Northern gray tree frog. Also they come in many color variations.

The markings remind me of photos I see online of the grey tree frog, but this specimen is distinctly green.