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#1929 · 🐸 amphibians

Squirrel Tree Frog

🇳🇱 Eekhoornboomkikker ·Dryophytes squirellus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe
Squirrel Tree Frog, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Todd Pierson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The squirrel tree frog ( Dryophytes squirellus ) is a small species of tree frog found in the southeastern United States, from Texas to Virginia. This is an introduced species in the Bahamas. 5 inches in length as adults. There are several color variations, but most commonly they are green and look very much like the American green tree frog. They can also be varying shades of yellow or brown, sometimes...

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 27,329iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

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.
  • 27,329 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Squirrel Tree Frog
Nederlands
Eekhoornboomkikker
scientific name
Dryophytes squirellus
class
Amphibia
order
Anura
family
Hylidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
27,329
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Hylidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1668859, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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