Summary ⁵

The squirrel tree frog (Hyla squirella) is a small species of tree frog found in the southeastern United States, from Texas to Virginia.

Description ⁶

Adult snout-vent length is 23 to 37 mm, with no obvious sexual dimorphism in size. The doral surface is gray, green or brown and smooth to slightly granular. There is a partial bar between the eyes, a white or pale yellow line on the upper lip, and a faint line extending from below the eye to the shoulder. The snout is rounded. Skin on the venter is areolate. The diameter of the tympanum is about half that of the eye.

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1. (c) Zack, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/87418376@N00/131668492
2. (c) Matthew Niemiller, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/imgs/512x768/0000_0000/0110/3600.jpeg
3. (c) Cullen Hanks, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Cullen Hanks
4. (c) 2007 Frank Teigler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=227676&one=T
5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyla_squirella
6. (c) AmphibiaWeb © 2000-2011 The Regents of the University of California, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/23852226

More Info

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