Frog Call Descriptions

Eastern Spadefoot Toad

Scaphiopus holbookii

fire alarm, shrill, short

low-pitched grunt resembling a crow or bleating sheep

American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus

alien ship abduction, “beam me up scotty” ah sound, low eerie, creepy, long, lasts up to half a minute

Green Treefrog

Hyla cinerea

short, low, nasal “queenk, queenk, queenk",

Cope’s Gray Treefrog

Hyla chrysoscelis

low, 2-3 seconds, same tone, harsh, rapid trill

Spring Peeper

Pseudacris crucifer

sounds like the pelicans in Finding Nemo, “mine, mine, mine!” peeping, whistle-like

Upland Chorus Frog

Pseudacris feriarum

see-saw, up and down, croaking, “creeeek,” like fingers running over the teeth of a comb

Northern cricket frog

Acris crepitans

short and insistent, moroccos, marbles clacking together

Eastern Narrowmouth Toad

Gastrophryne carolinensis

sounds like sheep bleating, long and “weee”, or a mosquito buzzing close to your ear but lower pitched

Southern Leopard Frog

Lithobates sphenocephalus

velociraptor ahh sound, trilling, low short croak and then a cackle

Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

a short violin beat, dark and dramatic, melancholic