Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)

The clucking of wood frogs and the chirping chorus of spring peepers herald the end of winter. Bellowing bullfrogs are the bass notes of summer. Frogs and toads of Cuyahoga Valley National Park all have special calls, but they can be tricky to identify visually. Tune your observation skills with a hop through this gallery.

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Small brown frog sits on large vine-like leaf surrounded by green leafy vegetation.

Spring Peeper on Leaf

2736 x 3648
1.8 MB

A frog sits in between randomly oriented thin brown and green vegetation; its head is pointing up and the throat is bulging like a balloon, bigger than its head.

Western Chorus Frog

1615 x 2431
1.3 MB

Closeup of a Wood Frog

2848 x 4288
6.8 MB

Three brown frogs lay in a line on top of each other in a shallow leaf-filled pool. Underneath them a brown tail with yellow spots peeks out to the left.

Wood Frogs Breeding

2848 x 4288
7.3 MB

Pink frog lies in a shallow leaf-filled pool surrounded by globs of clear jelly dotted with many small black circles.

Wood Frog with Egg Mass

2848 x 4288
4.9 MB

Northern Leopard Frog Portrait

806 x 1200
0.9 MB

Toad in water facing forward using front legs to push its body off a rock and out of the clear water, its throat bulging out like a bubble.

American Toad Calling

3648 x 5472
1.6 MB

Two toads sit in a small open pool in flooded green grass. Black eggs look like tiny beads on strings and are oriented in random directions in the water.

American Toads with Eggs

3648 x 5472
4.8 MB

American Toad Portrait

3223 x 3118
1.9 MB

Dark green frog with squarish black spots crouches on a moss-covered log. The frog has a lighter colored belly and a yellow ridge starting at each eye and running down its back.

Pickerel Frog Portrait

1639 x 2048
1.9 MB

Frog with green back and gray sides hangs onto a vertical green leaf.

Gray Treefrog on a Leaf

1308 x 1016
1.1 MB

Gray frog with splotches of light green on its bumpy skin, perched on the very tip of a leaf. It appears to be holding onto another leaf with one foot.

Gray Treefrog Portrait

2673 x 2138
1.9 MB

Large green frog in shallow water with yellow neck bulging surrounded by rippled water and green leaves.

Northern Green Frog Calling

2376 x 2970
1.9 MB

Green Frog Portrait

1600 x 2000
1.4 MB

Dark green frog sits on a wet rock with its nose pointed up. In the background, reeds can be seen in the water.

American Bullfrog Viewed from ...

5456 x 3632
3.8 MB

Large green frog with yellow neck and black splotches on its back sits in water among green lily pads.

American Bullfrog

6016 x 4016
16.1 MB

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