Frog Sounds

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Why do male frogs make sounds?

- Advertise presence to other males • Assess body size of rivals • Recognize individual males • Recognize appropriate sex (release calls) - Species recognition • Males attract mates of SAME species for breeding - Signal aggression • Males may defend calling sites

pig frog breeding season

April-August

Both sexes make sounds for?

Distress or alarm calls given by both sexes - Alarm predator?, Warn neighbors?

Gopher frog breeding season

all year ;)

Little grass frogs breeding season

all year ;)

Southern cricket frog breeding season

all year ;)

Bronze frog breeding season

april-august

Carpenter frog breeding season

april-august

River frog breeding season

april-august

American bullfrog breeding season

april-october

Oak toad eggs breeding season

april-october

Pinewoods treefrog breeding

april-october

Eastern spadefoot eggs

band-like strings

Bronze Frog call

banjo note; g'dong (sometimes repeated)

River frog call

deep, growling snore

Gopher frog call

deep, loud snore

American bullfrog call

drawn out wrong wronk

Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad call

drawn out, sheep-like maaaaa

Little grass frog call

faint, insect-like chirping

Pinewoods treefrog eggs

film at surface often attached to vegetation

cope's gray treefrog eggs

film at surface often attached to vegetation

Eastern narrow mouth toad eggs

film on surface of water

Oak Toad call

high pitched peeping

Cuban treefrog call

hoarse mraaaak

Barking Treefrog call

hollow tonk tonk; chorus sounds like barking dogs

Greenhouse frog call

insect-like squeak, tiny sneakers on a gym floor

Ornate chorus frog eggs

laid in small clusters attached to vegetation

southern spring peeper eggs

laid singly attached to vegetation

Gopher frog eggs

large cluster attached to vegetation

American bullfrog eggs

large surface film

Pig frog eggs

large surface film

River frog eggs

large surface film

cuban treefrog eggs

large surface film

Marine toad eggs

long strings

Southern Toad eggs

long strings

Cope's gray treefrog breeding season

march-august

Squirrel Treefrog breeding season

march-august

Eastern narrow-mouthed toad breeding season

march-october

Green tree frog breeding season

march-october

cuban treefrog breeding season

march-october

Eastern spade foot breeding season

march-september

Marine toad breeding season

march-september

Greenhouse frog breeding season

may-september

Southern Chorus frog breeding

november-april

Ornate chorus frog breeding season

november-march

Southern Leopard frog breeding season

november-march

Southern spring peeper breeding season

november-march

Eastern Spadefoot call

prolonged mwaaaaah, vomiting sound

Cope's gray treefrog call

rapid punctuated trill

Pinewoods treefrog call

rapid tapping sound, morse code

Squirrel Treefrog call

raspy, somewhat duck-like quack

Southern Chorus Frog call

repeated click

Southern cricket frog

repeated gick-gick-gick, two marble clicking together

Green Treefrog call

repeated nasal quoonk, two strong syllables

Pig frog call

repeated pig-like grunt

Southern spring peeper call

repeated sharp whistle

Carpenter frog call

repeated tunk-tunk-tunk

Ornate Chorus Frog call

series of high-pitched, metallic tinks

Oak toad eggs

short strings

Barking treefrog eggs

singly laid on bottom or on vegetation

Squirrel Treefrog eggs

singly laid on bottom or on vegetation

Little grass frog eggs

singly or in small clusters

Marine toad call

slow, melodic drumming

Southern Chorus frog eggs

small clusters attached to submerged vegetation

Southern cricket frog eggs

small clusters attached to vegetation

Greenhouse frog eggs

small clusters laid terrestrially

Bronze Frog eggs

small surface film

Southern Toad Call

whistling trill

Southern Toad breeding season

March-October

Barking treefrog breeding season

March-august

Females of some species make sounds?

call in response to males - Facilitates courtship - Signals unreceptiveness to males, oviposition complete

Southern Leopard frog call

chuckle or squeaky balloon-like sound

Carpenter frog eggs

clusters attached to vegetation

Southern Leopard frog eggs

clusters attached to vegetation

Green tree frog eggs

clusters near surface attached to vegetation


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