Standing outside at night anywhere in rural Florida means you’re likely hearing frogs calling. Some species are comfortable in urban areas as well.
If you learn to pick out the species of frogs (and toads), you can quickly know a lot about the habitat, the season and even the individual’s personal message. They call out for breeding purposes, to mark territory, to alert each other about predators and in response to the weather.
Here are many (not all) of Florida’s frogs by voice, plus a bonus of seasonal choruses. (Audio from “Florida Frog Calls” by Florida Museum of Natural History.)
Barking Treefrog (Chorus) | Learn more about this frog
Bird-voiced Treefrog | Learn more about this frog
Bronze Frog
Carpenter Frog
Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Mating Call)
Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Rain Call)
Eastern Narrow-mouth Toad | Learn more about this toad
Gopher Frog
Green Treefrog | Learn more about this frog
Green Treefrog (Chorus) | Learn more about this frog
Green Treefrog (Rain Call) | Learn more about this frog
Little Grass Frog
Little Grass Frog (Rhythmic)
Oak Toad (Breeding Call)
Ornate Chorus Frog | Learn more about this frog
Pig Frog
Pinewoods Treefrog | Learn more about this frog
Pinewoods Treefrog (Chorus) | Learn more about this frog
Southern Chorus Frog | Learn more about this frog
Southern Cricket Frog | Learn more about this frog
Southern Cricket Frog (Chorus) | Learn more about this frog
Southern Leopard Frog | Learn more about this frog
Southern Toad (Breeding Chorus) | Learn more about this toad
Spring Peeper | Learn more about this frog
Spring Peeper (Chorus Mating Call) | Learn more about this frog
Squirrel Treefrog | Learn more about this frog
Squirrel Treefrog (Chorus) | Learn more about this frog
Group Chorus
Because a frog chorus is often several species singing together, and the variety changes with the season, here are a few choruses to enjoy. See if you can identify the individual species in each season!
Spring
Summer (July)
Summer (August)
Winter
A Modern Addition
Cuban treefrogs have become an invasive species in Florida. To provide help identifying this species by sound, we have added a modern recording of several Cuban treefrogs.