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View down the stream at McCormick's Creek, Indiana's oldest state park. The creek was a bi

FIELD GUIDES

Frogs & Toads

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeiana

3 ½ - 7 inches

Common

Cope's Gray Treefrog

Hyla chrysoscelis

1 ½ - 2 ½ inches

Common

Eastern Spadefoot

Scaphiopus holbrookii

1 ¾ - 2 ¼ inches

Uncommon

Green Frog

Lithobates clamitans

2 ¼ - 3 ½ inches

Common

Pickerel Frog

Lithobates palustris

1 ¾ - 3 inches

Somewhat common

Spring Peeper

Pseudacris crucifer

¾ - 1 ¼ inches

Common, statewide

American Toad

Anaxyrus americanus

2 – 3 ½ inches

Common, statewide

Crawfish Frog

Lithobates areolatus

2 ½ - 3 inches

State Endangered

Fowler's Toad

Anaxyrus fowleri

2 – 3 inches

Common, statewide

Green Treefrog

Hyla cinerea

1 ¼ - 2 ½ inches

Uncommon

Plains Leopard Frog

Lithobates blairi

2 – 3 ¾ inches

Uncommon

Wood Frog

Lithobates sylvatica

1 ½ – 3 inches

Common but not commonly encountered

Chorus Frog

Pseudacris triseriata/maculata

¾ - 1 ½ inches

Common, statewide

Cricket Frog

Acris crepitans

¾ - 1 ¼ inches

Common in central and southern Indiana but uncommon in the north

Gray Treefrog

Hyla versicolor

1 ½ - 2 ½ inches

Common

Northern Leopard Frog

Lithobates pipiens

2 – 3 ½ inches

Somewhat common

Southern Leopard Frog

Lithobates sphenocephala

2 – 3 ½ inches

Somewhat common

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