Barking Treefrog

Hyla gratiosa

Summary 7

The barking tree frog (Hyla gratiosa) is a species of tree frog endemic to the southeastern United States.

Distribution 8

Barking treefrogs, Hyla gratiosa, are found from southern Virginia southward through Florida and into Louisiana. This species occurs mostly in the coastal plain, but its range extends up to the southern part of Tennessee with separate colonies in southeastern Kentucky (Conant and Collins, 1998; eNature.com and Inc, 2003). Barking treefrogs have also been introduced into the southern part of New Jersey (eNature.com and Inc, 2003).

Biogeographic Regions: nearctic (Introduced , Native )

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  6. (c) 2010 Todd Pierson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=340050&one=T
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyla_gratiosa
  8. (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31398713

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