A lovely green...do you think the fertiler helped him grow so big

I have been finding them everywhere lately. I think they are liking the cooler weather. I find lots in spring and fall on the plants. Typically thats when I have the most aphids and other little bugs hatching out. Its funny when they jump out of nowhere and surprise you. I had one almost jump in my mouth in the greenhouse one time "0.

Found this little tiny guy the other day. Thats my thumbnail next to him lol.

Cute little guys aren't they ? However, sad to say, I rarely get to see a native Green Tree Frog around here these days ! The Cuban Tree Frogs have devoured so many,..but the worst is over it looks like. I have been battling the CTF's for over 5 yrs,..still see one occasionally,...but no more of the huge 5, 6 inch long monsters that were commonplace back then !!!

Am optimistic,..confident that the native guys will eventually return !

Cuban tree frogs can also be green when they are young. Native green trees frogs have smooth skin. I'm still battling the Cubans, but I'm pretty sure I'm fighting a losing battle with the pond right across the road and my neighbors who think they're "cute."

I don't think there are any native lizards or frogs left here in the city. The closest I came was some toads this summer, but they were probably Bufos. They disappeared pretty rapidly. Probably hopped across the road to breed in the pond once it started filling up.

Deb, have seen many CTF's hereabouts but don't recall seeing a green one,..I learn something new every day ! LOL I lived in the Upper Keys for 13 years and never saw one CTF, but that was then ( 1991 - 2004 ), - not now !

Sorry to hear they have invaded your area of Florida also. Have been told their numbers in the US are rapidly increasing ! YUCK !

Luckily no CTFs around here…yet!

My area has had CTFs for the past 3 years or so. I miss seeing the other frog species, I love the cute green guy

I'm not good at identifying frogs. And i just can't kill them. So i just go with a let them all live policy. I asked my extension office if i caught the frogs could they identify them and kill the cubans frogs...they looked at me like i had three heads...i asked "but you keep telling us to kill the invasives but you aren't willing to do it?"

Deb : That utube was a shocking reminder !! You are so correct,..almost forgot about the loud, garish sounds they made. Don't hear them anymore,..keeping my fingers crossed it stays that way !

Jay : I sympathize,..saw my first ones here on the SW coast about 8 years ago,...just as I was beginning to admire the native green frogs. Have sometimes wondered if these gluttonous CTF's were perhaps Fidel's way of getting back at us for the embargo ! LOL

Joe, after the freeze last year, mine sort of disappeared, and I hoped they were gone forever, but alas, no. They're back this year, but not as bad. I get them in the house sometimes. I guess they come in as hitchhikers or when I have the door open, they just hop in. They always head for the bathroom, so I catch them and put them back out.

Pea : I understand, - just because I have no qualms about sending them off to CTF heaven, ( in this case hell ), I empathize with those that cannot kill them. If you lived nearby I'd gladly stop by with my paraphernalia !

Deb : In the house ? Yikes,.. glad I never had that experience ! I recall, back in the day, a gal GW'er posted that she found a huge guy in her toilet bowl one day ! She concluded that it must have somehow hopped up on the roof ( they are very athletic,..and fast ), - and then dove down the sewer vent pipe !

Long story short,..here they're just a smidgeon of the population back in 2010, so am at ease,..for now !!! :o)

If a frog gets in my house the cats take care of them...tho if i see the poor frog first i escort him back out. I do have a frog that keeps getting into my mailbox...i keep removing him but the postman always leaves my mailbox door open a smidge and the frog gets back in.

We rescued a green tree frog from our pool filter this morning. I was thrilled when it was a GRF and not a CTF!