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This is Jones. "He" arrived on a shipment of houseplants at my old job. I have no idea what kind of frog he is, but I'm pretty sure he's a tree frog of some kind. Also, he did have a body pattern when he was found. I don't know if it was a juvenile pattern thing or a seasonal thing as I found him in spring.

So to help narrow down where the frog may be from (ya right) the place the plants came from gets shipments from Florida, Hawaii, North and South California, and basically the entire southern US.

He chirps 6 to 8 times per round of chirping, only 2 or 3 rounds of chirps though. Occasionally he'll chirp in the day, but normally only at night around 11 or 11:30. The cooler it is the earlier he'll chirp at night.

Does anyone have an idea what kind of frog he is? He's really cool and I'd like to get a few more.

Thanks,
Barb

No clue, but have you tried a feild guide? The AudubonSociety has a realy good herp guide for the US, I would check there. Good luck
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3 D. auratus
2 D. leucomelas
2 D. tinctorius
1 P. adspersus "Chompy"

Alas, Jones died about a month ago in the extreme heat wave we had. His chirps will be greatly missed, especially between 11 and 11:30 pm, when he consistently called. He was my cute little froggie.

Also, I found more pictures to look at and I strongly suspect Jones was a Cuban Tree Frog. I'm not positive, but the morphology and coloring strongly correlated.

Still, if anyone has an idea of what he was, or thinks he was a Cuban Tree Frog, please reply. I am still curious about his species.

Thank you,
Siri