Adult Tree Frogs measure about two inches exclusive 

 of their long legs. Their toes all terminate in round 

 "buttons" that are sticky on the under side. These enable 

 them to "stick" wherever their feet may touch, so they 

 can easily climb trees or leap from branch to branch. 



Another very interesting feature about them is their 

 chameleon-like changing of color. Those found on leaves 

 will have a conspicuously green color, those on stones or 

 gray bark will be a handsome shade of gray, while the one 

 on brown tree trunks will be colored with brown. Take 

 one from one object and place it upon another and in about 

 two hours it will have changed so as to harmonize with it, 

 provided that it is one of these three shades. To further 

 the deception, they are mottled, have an irregular star- 

 shaped mark on the back and two darker stripes across the 

 legs ; these markings, combined with the appropriate colors 

 cause the little fellow to blend into a stone or bark back 

 ground. They often spend weeks at a time in the same 

 tree securing, after dark, an abundance of food in the 

 shape of caterpillars, spiders, plant lice, etc. 



As usual with frogs, winter is passed in the mud, either 

 at the bottom of shallow ponds or about its edges. The 

 common Tree Frog (Hyla versicolor) does not come out 

 of its winter slumber until the latter part of April. Another 

 species (Hyla pickeringi), known as the "Spring-peeper" 

 appears in March, just as soon as the ice commences to 

 leave. This frog is the earliest of all to appear, — its 

 voice is usually heard weeks in advance of any other. 



The eggs of Tree Frogs are deposited singly among the 

 grass in shallow water. The development of both the eggs 

 and tadpoles is very rapid; by the end of October, at 

 which time they hibernate, the young frogs are about an 

 inch in length. 



