Cope's Gray Tree Frog (Amphibian Species of Richmond National Battlefield)

Cope's Gray Tree Frog

Hyla chrysoscelis

Summary ⁶

Cope's gray tree frog (Hyla chrysoscelis) is a species of tree frog found in the United States. It is almost indistinguishable from the gray tree frog, Hyla versicolor, and shares much of its geographic range. Both species are variable in color, mottled gray to gray-green, resembling the bark of trees. These are tree frogs of woodland habitats, though they will sometimes travel into more open areas to reach a breeding pond. The only readily noticeable difference...

Distribution ⁷

Global Range: Range is not precisely known but includes most of the south-central and southeastern United States and areas west of the Great Lakes, from Manitoba, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, southern Ohio, West Virginia, and Maryland south to eastern Texas, the Gulf Coast, and northern Florida (Preston 1982, Holloway et al. 2006). See Little et al. (1989) for information on distribution in West Virginia, southern Ohio, and southwestern Pennsylvania.