Hyla versicolor

5 to 7 years

Wooded areas near permanent or temporary waters.

This frog is capable of changing colors. Its color depends on the color of the background, the season, and the humidity. Most often, it is gray with black blotches on the back.

Eastern gray treefrog and Cope’s gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) were, until 1968, considered the same species. In Minnesota, the range of both species overlap except in the northeast, where Cope’s gray treefrog cannot be found. The only reliable ways to distinguish between the two species is by listening to their calls or examing their chromosomes under a microscope.

Algae, material from dead and decaying plants and animals (detritus).

Insects, insect larvae, mites, spiders, plant lice, harvestmen, snails, and smaller frogs.