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They average from 1-1/2 to 2-3/4″. The pond was transformed into a chorus of these frogs, all trying to outdo each other in attracting females. Named Paedophryne amauensis, this frog was discovered in Papua New Guinea. The gray treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor) is a species of small arboreal frog native to much of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. The Rio Grande Chirping Frog is a tiny frog reaching up to .9″ and have brown, gray or yellow-green coloring with dark spots. Common frogs have smooth skin that varies in colour from grey, olive green and yellow to brown. They can be found in moist and shaded palm groves, thickets, ditches and lawns. The smallest known vertebrate in the world is a frog with a body length of around seven millimeters. Some call it a “robbers mask”. Watch the video below to hear! There are around 6000 species of frogs and toads that inhabit almost all parts of the world, except the Antarctica. When I was a teenager in Houston in the late 1970s, there were no Chirping Frogs in the Houston area. [2] It is sometimes referred to as the eastern gray treefrog , northern gray treefrog , [3] common gray treefrog , or tetraploid gray treefrog to distinguish it from its more southern, genetically disparate relative, Cope's gray treefrog . It was a tiny brown frog, small enough to sit on your fingertip. Their call sounds like a quacking of a duck. The Pool Frog became extinct in the UK but has since been reintroduced to a single site in East Anglia. But this small frog has a propensity for living in gardens and being transported around the state in potted plants. They have irregular dark blotches, a dark stripe around their eyes and eardrum, and dark bars on their legs. These frogs are found in the extreme eastern portion of Oklahoma as shown below. The Wood frog is known as a brown, tan or rust colored frog with a dark colored around its eyes. By the middle 1980s, they were abundant. Common frogs are noticeable for their long jumps after being disturbed, their smooth skin and patch behind the eye.