Bull frog on lillypads

Chorus Frogs, Spring Peepers, Cricket Frogs, and Narrow-mouthed Frogs

​​​​In Chorus Frog species, adults are small and mostly under 1 1/2 inches long with moist to nearly dry skin; most of these have tiny toe pads, but they are much smaller than toe pads found on the larger treefrogs. Plain-colored individuals of our four kinds of chorus frogs (upland, midland, mountain, and the spring peeper) can be challenging to identify.

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  • Usually has three narrow dark stripes on the back (This is often broken up into rows of spots)
  • Breeding choruses can be heard day and night from January or February through mid-April.
  • Scattered late fall-winter calling by individual males on warm afternoons

  • Usually with three broad dark stripes on the back
  • Some adults are plain colored
  • Breeding choruses can be heard day and night from January or February through mid-April.
  • Scattered late fall-winter calling by individuals on warm afternoons

  • Usually with a narrow dark X-shaped mark on the back
  • Toe pads seem slightly larger than those of the other chorus frogs
  • Some adults are plain-colored
  • Breeding choruses are heard both day and night, mostly from February through June
  • There is also scattered late fall-winter calling by individual males on warm afternoons 

  • Sometimes with a pair of broad dark outward-facing crescent markings on the back and a dark backward-facing triangle between the eyes
  • The skin often slightly granular in appearance
  • Many adults are plain-colored above
  • Small groups of males form breeding choruses in temporary pools, road ruts, and shallow ditches both day and night mostly from February through July
  • Also, occasional January calls on warm afternoons.

  • Has a tiny pointed head, short stubby legs, and a skin fold across the back just behind the eyes are distinctive
  • Breeding choruses can be heard both day and night from mid-May through August
  • Often heard calling from wet meadows following summer afternoon rains

  • This species has huge hind legs for their size, warty skin, a backward-pointing dark triangle between the eyes, alternating light and brown markings on the upper jaw, and a pair of white warts bordering the anus
  • Breeding choruses can be heard both day and night from mid-April through mid-August.

  • This species has huge hind legs for their size, warty skin, a backward-pointing dark triangle between the eyes, alternating light and brown markings on the upper jaw, and a pair of white warts bordering the anus
  • Breeding choruses can be heard both day and night from mid-April through mid-August.