Cliff Chirping Frog vs. Greenhouse Frog

The Greenhouse Frog is spreading in potted plants into central Texas towns at the edge of the Cliff Chirping Frog's limestone hills. A: Greenish to tan, boldly spotted and mottled with dark in the Cliff Chirping Frog; reddish brown, finely bumpy and mottled in the Greenhouse Frog. B: No pale stripes down the back in the Cliff Chirping Frog; often two pale stripes down the back (the striped form) in the Greenhouse Frog. C: Big dark eyes, a wide head, no reddish snout in the Cliff Chirping Frog; a reddish snout and a pale bar between the eyes in the Greenhouse Frog. The Cliff Chirping Frog lives in limestone cracks; the Greenhouse Frog in gardens and nurseries.

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