1. Frogs and Toads in the Richmond Area
Maymont FrogWatch USA
Frogs and Toads
in the
Richmond Area

2. How to use this Field Guide
Run the PowerPoint in the slideshow function.
Look at the information on each slide and click on the picture to hear the frog or toad call.
Be patient, the call will open up a new window as it connects to the internet.
Each call sounds like something. For example, it might sound like a banjo playing, rocks hitting each other, or a police whistle. Listen carefully and think about descriptive words to describe it.
Check the map on each page to see if the frog is found in your area.
Remember that there may be frogs and toads in your area that are not in the field guide, depending on where you live. Use the on-line sources on the next slide for more information.

3. Online Sources
VA Dep. of Game and Inland Fisheries
VA Herpetological Society
FrogWatch USA
Maymont Foundation
National Wildlife Federation
Animal Diversity Web(Univ. of Michigan)
SoundCloud

4. Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)
Average Length:
in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
late March – November
Click on picture for audio sample.

5. Southern Cricket Frog (Acris gryllus)
Average Length:
0.6–1.25 in.(1.6–3.5 cm)
Breeding Season:
February – October
Click on picture for audio sample.

6. American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)
Average Length:
2-3.5 in. (5.1-9 cm)
Breeding Season:
March – September
Click on picture for audio sample.

7. Fowler’s Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)
Average Length:
2-3 in. ( cm.)
Breeding Season:
April – mid-August
Click on picture for audio sample.

8. Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris)
Average Length:
1.6-3 in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
March – September
Click on picture for audio sample.

9. Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis)
Average Length:
in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
May – September
Click on picture for audio sample.

10. Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
Average Length:
in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
March – June
Click on picture for audio.

11. Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea)
Average Length:
in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
April – August
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12. Pine Woods Treefrog (Hyla femoralis)
Average Length:
1-1.5 in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
April – September
Click on picture for audio sample.

13. Barking Treefrog (Hyla gratiosa) *State Threatened (Tier II)
Average Length:
2-2.6 in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
March – August
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14. Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor)
Average Length:
in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
April – August
Click on picture for audio sample.

15. American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
Average Length:
3.6-6 in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
May – August
Click on picture for audio sample.

16. Northern Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans melanota)
Average Length:
in. (5.7-9 cm)
Breeding Season:
May – August
Click on picture for audio sample.

17. Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris)
Average Length:
in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
April – May
Click on picture for audio sample.

18. Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)
Average Length:
2-3.5 in. (5.1-9 cm)
Breeding Season:
February – December
Click on picture for audio sample.

19. Brimley’s Chorus Frog (Pseudacris brimleyi)
Average Length:
in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
February – April
Click on picture for audio sample.

20. Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
Average Length:
in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
April – June
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21. Upland Chorus Frog (Pseudacris feriarum)
Average Length:
in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
March – May
Click on picture for audio sample.

22. Eastern Spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrookii)*Tier IV
Average Length:
in. ( cm)
Breeding Season:
wet and warmer months
Click on picture for audio sample.