Family Hylidae – Treefrogs

Barking Treefrog (Hyla gratiosa)

• Description: 2-2 3/4 inches; green or brownish-green with relatively granular skin; back with numerous, relatively large dark spots.

• Distribution: Southern one-third of state; locally common.

• Breeding period: April through July or August.

• Breeding sites: Shallow, semi-permanent and permanent ponds, oxbows, and in swamps with at least some open water.

• Voice: Breeding call has been described as "boonk" or "doonk" given approximately once per second.

• Comments: Individual with southern cricket frogs, green treefrogs, bullfrogs and green frogs calling in background recorded on DeSoto National Forest, Harrison County; chorus with bullfrog and southern toad calling in background recorded east of Kiln in Hancock County.