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What kind of frogs live in midwestern Illinois2007-11-24 2:03:38

My daughter recently found a small(3" long approximately) frog on our back porch. When she found it the color was a light beige like the chair it was sitting on. After we caught it it turned a light green-brown color. I let her keep it overnight to show her kindergarden class. We put a grub worm, 2 small crickets, and a roly poly insect in the bug box for food and a wet sponge for moisture. The only things it ate were the crickets so we put it back out under the porch after school because of our inability to catch more crickets. I have tried googling to find the type it is but to no avail. The skin was pretty smooth with a camouflage type pattern, but it isn't a leopard frog, I checked. The back legs had an orangeish cast to them but it didn't resemble the type of frog with that feature either.

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Sounds like a treefrog! There's only a couple types in Illinois. and I'd bet money that it's a Cope's grey treefrog. Cute little suckers! Always good to talk to another central-Illinoisian, those little buggers are all over around here.

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Go to www.google.com and type in your question. You will find much beter results that are more scientific than what people will say here.

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It may be like a tree frog. I don't live to far from you and we have them too. They do change colors for camo against predators.

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You can find every animal species that lives in your state with http://dnr.state.il.us/admin/systems/. Good job on letting it go though! There are protected frogs in Illinois and you don't want to get in trouble for owning an animal you didn't know was endangered or protected.

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maybe a grayes tree frog mabe.