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These treefrogs are the familiar chorus heard during summer nights in Alabama

 Kenneth S Boone

Here’s a creature that you’ve undoubtedly heard during summer, but you may not have seen. Cope’s gray treefrog is a small, nocturnal treefrog that likes wet, boggy areas and sings a lot.

Its call is described as a musical trill – kind of like “weeeeeeeeee” – lasting one to two seconds, then a short silence, then the call again, repeated time after time on summer nights. Search online for Cope’s gray treefrog call and you will surely recognize it as soon as you hit play.

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Cope’s gray treefrogs are more comfortable climbing than hopping

Some information for this article came from the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory at the University of Georgia, OutdoorAlabama.com and the Missouri Department of Conservation.