photos by Greg Hofmann

8/9/2004: They used to be called tree frogs (though they are seldom found in trees). Now they're called Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris regilla – "pseudacris" means "false grasshopper"). By any name, these little frogs (the ones pictured here were about 5/8ths of an inch long) were hanging out on the leaves of the bur-reeds (Sparganium eurycarpum) in Cattail Swale. They vary a good deal in color, as you can see. The one at lower left has found a coloration that provides particularly effective camoflage on that particular leaf.