
Spring Peeper
Hyla crucifer bartramiana
Description:
Small (less than 1.3"), primarily aquatic frog with rough skin. Usually brown,
gray or greenish. Often has a triangular mark just behind the head and between the
eyes. Inside of thigh has two dark stripes. Has webbed hind feet.
Similar Species:
All cricket frogs have webbed feet, chorus frogs do not. No parotoid glands
like toads, no toe pads like treefrogs. |

Little Grass Frog
Pseudacris ocularis
Description:
Our smallest frog (only up to 0.67"). A beige frog with broad
coppery stripes that extend lengthwise. Dark stripe through the eye.
Between this stripe and the upper lip is a thin white stripe that extends beyond the
tympanum.
Similar Species:
Young cricket frogs have dark stripes on inner thighs; grass frogs do not.
Cricket frogs usually have a triangular-shaped pattern on head. |

Southern Toad
Bufo terrestris
Description:
Large, warty toad (up to 3.6"). Two large, bony ridges between eyes.
Large kidney-shaped parotoid glands. Only toads have parotoid glands.
Color may be brick red or brown to light gray.
Similar Species:
Oak toads are typically smaller with a yellow to orange stripe down center of back
and have no bony ridge between the eyes. |