| In the green world, tree frogs come in a very wide | | | | northern Canada, and though they inhabit the entire |
| variety, with differences of appearance, habitat and | | | | North America they have never been encountered in |
| specificity. They live either on soil or in water and | | | | other places of the world. Regarding their behavior, |
| while most of them are green, there are many | | | | gray tree frogs are primarily arboreal, they like forest |
| sub-species that have a duller color. Small insects and | | | | areas that are close to water; thus after rains they |
| small invertebrates are the primary source of food | | | | can be seen near small pools in the forest. They use |
| for these tiny animals. Spread all over the northern | | | | night time for cover and feeding when they hunt for |
| hemisphere from America to Asia, tree frogs are | | | | small insects (like arthropods). Mating happens in the |
| known to become noisy when there are signs of rain | | | | spring and summer months, and it is during this |
| in the atmosphere, and in certain cultures people used | | | | season that their skin color changes from green to |
| to rely on them for weather forecast. | | | | gray as a camouflage meant to protect them from |
| Gray tree frogs are mostly spread in the United | | | | predators. |
| States and Canada, they are very small and their | | | | Gray tree frogs can also be found in captivity as |
| maion categorization name is North American | | | | many pet shops sell them. They adapt well in |
| common tree frog. As the name implies they are | | | | captivity requiring only some living plants and a |
| predominately gray, but the color intensity varies | | | | permanent water source as the ambient habitat. |
| from dark to lighter grays. They never grow beyond | | | | Food can be purchased from pet shops so there is |
| four or five centimeters in length (less than two | | | | no problem about keeping them. As most other frog |
| inches) and they present a lumpy texture on their | | | | species, they are moderately sensible to pollution, pH |
| skin. For a common person many tree frogs may | | | | fluctuations and UV-B radiations so they show health |
| look the same despite the fact that they may belong | | | | issues gradually, yet, the highest vulnerability of tree |
| to different species. For example Cope's Gray frog | | | | frogs is that to environmental changes. Make sure |
| looks exactly like the gray one but has a different | | | | you know everything about how to look after such |
| call. | | | | animals in captivity, or they'll die! |
| Gray tree frogs can be found from central Texas to | | | | |