#1923 · 🐸 amphibians
Cope's Gray Tree Frog
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke grijze boomkikker ·Dryophytes chrysoscelis
📍 Henderson County, NC, USA
📍 Highgrove Ln, Durham, NC, US
📍 Alabama, US
📍 North Carolina, US
📍 Murrells Inlet, SC 29576, USA
📍 Melbourne, KY, US
📍 Spring Branch, TX, US
📍 Shop
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Todd Pierson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Todd Pierson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. Henderson County, NC, USA:© Rich Stevenson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Highgrove Ln, Durham, NC, US:© car39385 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Alabama, US:© Amber Miller · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. North Carolina, US:© Patrick Coin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Murrells Inlet, SC 29576, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 8. Melbourne, KY, US:© Nick Tobler (Cowturtle) · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Spring Branch, TX, US:© Cody Stricker · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Shop:© Marty · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Cope's gray treefrog ( Dryophytes chrysoscelis ) is a species of treefrog found in the United States and Canada. It is almost indistinguishable from the gray treefrog ( Dryophytes versicolor ), and shares much of its geographic range. Both species are variable in color, mottled gray to gray-green, resembling the bark of trees. These are treefrogs of woodland habitats, though they will sometimes travel into more open areas to reach a breeding pond. The only readily noticeable difference between the...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 38,353 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Cope's Gray Tree Frog
- Nederlands
- Zuidelijke grijze boomkikker
- scientific name
- Dryophytes chrysoscelis
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Hylidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 38,353
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Hylidae
#1839 📷 10European Tree Frog
🇳🇱 Boomkikker
Hyla arborea
LC 👀 250 in NL
#1851 📷 7Eastern Tree Frog
🇳🇱 Oostelijke Boomkikker
Hyla orientalis
LC 👀 6 in NL
#1908 📷 7Pacific chorus frog
🇳🇱 Pacifische boomkikker
Pseudacris regilla
LC 🌍 92.5k seen
#1912 📷 10Spring Peeper
🇳🇱 Kruisboomkikker
Pseudacris crucifer
LC 🌍 73.2k seen
#1913 📷 10Green Treefrog
🇳🇱 Noord-Amerikaanse boomkikker
Dryophytes cinereus
LC 🌍 66.6k seen
#1914 📷 8Gray Treefrog
🇳🇱 Grijze boomkikker
Dryophytes versicolor
LC 🌍 63.9k seen
#1922 📷 10Blanchard's Cricket Frog
🇳🇱 Blanchard's cricket frog
Acris blanchardi
LC 🌍 39k seen
#1927 📷 10Cuban Tree Frog
🇳🇱 Cubaanse Boomkikker
Osteopilus septentrionalis
LC 🌍 32.3k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1668922, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.