Pic of the little guy (not a great pic, but you get the idea):



He's been quacking up a storm today; not sure why, since breeding season is typically springtime (stimulated by rains, obviously we're now in snowtime weather). AFAIK, only males call, so gender can be determined by who's making noise and who isn't.

Quacking?
Frogs QUACK?


Learn somethin' new every day, I suppose...

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Paul F, yes, the technical name for it is "calling" (e.g., to attract a mate, though there is also some sexual competition going on there), but it sounds like a duck quack.

Sounds here: [cars.er.usgs.gov]
[www.leaps.ms]
[frogcalls.home.mindspring.com]

Edit: LOL ... as I was hunting for a sound file for this, and playing them, it stimulated him to start calling again... no question, there is a sexual competition component to it, when one of them starts doing it, they all start doing it



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When I played the sound my doggie started WOOFing!

Kap

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What's that about the squeeky wheel......

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In the spring we get up to twenty toads mating in our pond. The first night that I heard it I thought that a bearing was going out on someone's air conditioner. Noisy! But you get used to it and enjoy the sound.

[homepage.mac.com]

We have some barking frogs around here!

rgG, Peter's Laws says that the squeaking wheel gets replaced: [webhome.idirect.com]

Pam, do you mean Hyla gratiosa, the Barking Treefrog?: [animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu]

I used to have one of those guys-- one of the most awesome treefrogs ever... beautifully marked, extremely friendly, easy to keep... I'd actually like to get one again, but they're relatively hard to find in pet stores, and I'd probably have to go the mail order route.



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That's probably it Peter. They're trying to protect their habitat around here before they disappear.

Pam, peculiar... they are fairly common in the pet trade, but not generally a subject of active breeding programs. Sad that they'd be on the decline...

Sounds (the usgs.gov sound link ) just like Hyla crucifer, ( that may be spelled wrong) or our March Peepers here in New England.

I've been lucky timing wise to hear the first few the first night they start and they "peep" really slow, like they're still cold and stiff.

bill b, yes, these guys sound a bit like that, but different-- the links I gave above are a bit higher pitched than what mine sounds like ... lower-pitched, "quonk" or "quack" noise-- like a duck!

The crucifers and peepers (by the way, no longer considered Hylas, they're now genus Pseudacris-- and yes, you spelled it right!) are higher pitched.