Herping With Dylan: Frog Calls

[Rubenwbrk]

Bullfrog's are my favorite! :D

[HerpVideo]

Great job! I know this must have taken many hours to get this video. I have been unsuccessful at recording many of these. You might want to consider the possibility that your gray tree frog is a cope's gray tree frog. It sounds a little fast to be a grey tree frog. The call is the only way to distinguish them in the field.

[TheMaredyth]

i have a gray tree frog lol



[toadranger50]

Well done, you should be pursuing a career in the field of biology. You have a passion for it !

[Volumegirl86]

This is awesome! I used this to study for my Herpetology class. Thanks so much =) 

[jojesaky16]

american toads sound like dial-up

[HDSuperHD]

my favorite 1 is at 5:39 to 5:41

[MrRcheek]

great job ! thanks for your dedication !!!

[rebargnome]

wow this is the greatest

I live in connecticut next to a wetland area and we have many of the same species so when I watched this I could recognize the calls of ones that I have heard behind my house on many nights. In early spring when it gets warm and the peepers get cranked up we refer to it as the "roar of the peepers".

kudos

[Davemo70]

Very professional .. Great job kid

[mike104740]

lol i have a grey tree frog

[mike104740]

haha i hear a treain on 5:39

[DoYouLikeWaffles85]

lol at 3:42 it sounds like someone is giggling

[edjorthebeast]

Dude I want to do what you do. I want to go out and film different frog species

[aaron4024]

AMERICAN TOAD THE BEST BACK ,MASSAGER

[zalkin83]

Keep up the good work!

[itscaroljay]

Great job. This video is informative and entertaining. I live near a channel off a lake and this video has helped me identify some of the sounds I hear. Thanks.

[frankothemountain]

Nice work man! I have a grey tree frog and I didn't know what it was, thanks!

[LuckyStarGizamimi]

The leopard frog sounds like an old man laughing. XD

[pmprn71]

excellent!



[mutantsy]

good work and great video!!

[Dismomx5]

THANK YOU~ Last year, I searched and searched to find out what was keeping me up at night. I determined that it was a spring peeper. Thanks to your video, I realize that I am probably hearing the western chorus frog, too. I'm teaching, and will use your video to show my kidlets. Thank you!

[DilBriJake]

Because of this great video, I have finally found out, that the beautiful angelic chorus I have been hearing at night, are American Toads. They always bring a smile and a sense of peace to my evenings.

[oregonrandy]

Good job! :) Have you considered using these recordings of the frogs and toads played back to them, to get them less camera shy?

[lamodette1]

this so cute..

[timmee02]

nice work!!!

[dino1423]

where u from in illinois?

[nemesis111680]

Great video

[TheBug1961]

Excellent job. You really did an outstanding job of videoing and getting the audio for these clips, as well as putting it all together.

Nature truly is amazing

[6DanielZXC]

Leopard frogs sound like my Grand-pa Laughing !! LOL I like that frog's call

[mhm2472]

Dylan, I just happened upon your great video.

Love those frogs and toads! Thanks for all

you hard work! VERY good video!!

[MrFema2009]

i love frogs

[hostlekill]

if i payed you do you think you could mail ma some frogs next time u find them.just send me a message

[switzerlicious]

Ahh, I hear the always elusive Train Frog at 5:38.

[Need4Gs]

awesome footage bro, keep it up

[SJHsolutions]

That sounds like a male gray treefrog calliang.

[SJHsolutions]

Is the bullfrog in Illinois?

[pops51201]

the american toad sounds like a dirt bike

[vishuiqual]

fantastic video. I hope they are not going to all become endangered. They are gorgeous and I love their music that they make in the wild. beautiful calls in the wild

[HankSnr]

Great job thanks, now if you could just come and do the same thing for us in Australia!

[saucollegechick333]

This is really good footage. I presented a poster presentation at the Arkansas Academy of Science over Frog and Toads in our state, what their phenology (calling) sounds like, and how their populations are rapidly decreasing. I was really intrigued at how many species of frogs & toads are shared among Illinois and Arkansas. My family lived in IL during their childhood. Maybe spending some time with relatives there would allow me the chance to compare the frogs and toads of Illinois to Arkansas.

[PureSeedTV]

awesome!!!! Ive always loved frogs!!!

[bl0gmOnKeY78]

I love to go frog watching around here in Texas. It's amazing how widespread these species really are.

[kingofkings1488]

ha!

[nataloe1337]

haha this was fun! awesome vid..

[HollyRye]

Someone posted this on my Facebook. I'm glad they did. Impressive!

[Art2Zen]

wow- i came back 2 visit again - someone shared this with us and others - amazing what you have done - my hat is off 2 you and all the lovely frogs who made this possible ((((namaste)))) i shall pass your amazing shares and cares in 2 our one world 

[crazybay46913]

The lepord frog sounds like it's laughing!

[glassboxphotogeek1]

I know that frogs can freeze themselves, preserving themselves until spring, revitalizing themselves, but would man freezing them kill them, i wonder?

[FiveJloves]

thanx for the awsome vid

[Kokopelliman417]

Fantastic video! This would make an incredible guide to Midwest Anurans!

[MultiSteph11]

low 40dys thats burning!

[SuperSmashFan24681]

The Leopard frog is a Eastern Leopard Frog.It is more brown and green.The reg. Leopard Frog is more of a yellow green

[SuperSmashFan24681]

Leopard frog sound like someone's laughing

American toad sounds like someone's screaming

Northern Cricket Frog sounds like someone saying,"He He He"

Ahhhh...I like the bullfrogs & sounds a Cow's Moo

I've seen these frogs on TV yesterday!Some on says that the Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad is only one amphibean species!Sounds like a weird baby whine

[Lompebroed]

I want a leopard frog! It would be -so- freaky..

[jennifertisch]

Thank you SO much! What a great video! My sons and I have been trying to figure out what has been calling out back. You did a great job and thanks again for the great work! :)

[fredfano]

the leopard frog sounds like it is laughing

[lordaj48]

You helped me find the noise in my yard. I can't believe how loud those little guys are. Awesome job thank you.

[kemptonjones]

Amazing . . great . . fabulous . . thanks for sharing your knowledge in an extremely talented way. This is a pleasantly narrated and entertaining video . . You know your craft and have a fantastic future ahead of you, my friend. I hope more young people will follow your lead. Looking forward to more of your work real soon and thanks again.

[TomChair]

Informative, great footage, very professional. Thanks for posting! I can see this was a lot of work.

[KottonmouthVenom]

Amazing video, man...Thanks a lot for the effort.

[TheMatt1215]

your lucky. do you guys have pacific chorus frogs

[xither]

Very good! Yes add on more when you can :)

[skateking69]

thats awesome man! excellent job! enjoyed it alot.

[CYNTHIANWV]

Excellent! Will be sharing with my birding/naturalist friends.

[alexander92648]

cool video! i can totally see you hosting a nature show on TLC or something!

[SleepyFox79]

im up here in wayne mi, i just went to a wetlands preserve today, and the frogs were so loud it was almost deafening, ive never heard frogs that loud, especially in the day time, i saw a few but not close enough, next time i will try to get them on film

[seunghun3]

fowlers toad sounds like someone screaming!

Awsome

[lesqueakysneakers]

OMG, this is spectacular!

Please continue!!!

[staffxsarge]

Can u get footage of a pickeral frog calling

[RogueTheElfWarrior1]

Great video! Where I live in the countryside by a lake, there's a thick marsh nearby and during the summer, the ponds are usually filled with frogs at night. You can hear them with the window open or if you take a walk on the pathways, with a flashlight of course.

[jacobbidinger]

The chorus frogs down by you look a little different than the ones I find in northern IL. The ones up here are a lot darker and the stripes aren't as defined. Cool finds!

[metrolighting]

Thanks- my daughter's class is studying frogs and we really enjoyed your video!

[Snakeishlyslick1]

Thanks man I learned alout

[someroad]

that was an awesome video cant wait untill you add more

[herperphilip]

LOL I give this video like half its views! You're a true inspiration Dylan. *****

[mahidude]

The Narrow Mouthed must not be threatened in South Alabama. I hear them constantly. They sound like sheep.

[austinkx09]

the leopard frog sounded like a man laughing

[noekiyu]

holy crap it does sound like a dude laughing!!

[ImmortaISun]

Great video! Very informative. Your lake is awesome. :0

Five stars. *****

[emmetfox]

Mmmm seeing all these frogs made me hungry. : )

[kurare711]

Do any frogs actually go "Ribbit"? or is that just made up by like TV?

[herperphilip]

The pacific tree frog does. It lives around LA which is why it got on Hollywood films.

[tertlefreak]

wow! dylan these are great!  the leopard frog is kinda creepy..it sounds like a old dude laughing. thx for the hard work..

[bufothetoad1]

i subbed

[crcoonan]

my 2 year old loved this video! He keeps asking for the croaking frogs!  Thanks for the hard work!

[jmcrath]

i caut a big american toad

[mrbear1099]

the grey tree frog kindof sounds like a pird

[mrbear1099]

they all kind of sound simalar

[kevbot31]

i hear the gray tree frogs all the time in some near by woods

[DaBearsRok40]

good

[thespanishpeanut]

funny

[mrbear1099]

lepord frog sounds like a laugh

[kevbot31]

haha they do

[AzlyTV]

the spring pepper is just like the croakee from New Zealand

[yoyohihiyohi]

i have grey treefrogs near my house in New Jersey, and they can sometimes call from late afternoon or early evening to after midnight, they get very annoying very fast. I also have one type that sounds like a crying dog, only calls a few times a night

[afffred]

narrow mouths sound like goats!

[HerperKidZac]

lol narrow mouth was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooooooooooo funny

[drumcon11]

I once went do a small stream and saw some bullfrogs. We heard the deep bellowing. We had no idea what was making them until we saw the male bellowing.

[dwaynenugent]

my compliments to you. thanks for doing this..

[alsporty22]

Wow. This video is amazing. You do some amazing stuff.

[lesouder2222]

yeah spring peepers

[Basketbreaker]

My comment pertains to a discussion we had last year. It should be listed under that discussion but it is not for some reason....

Also, I am curious, did you get sylvatica or areolata this year? They are all ready done breeding for this area (S.Illinois) but wood frogs may still be calling up north. By north i mean like Michigan/Minnesota.

[Reebbo]

naw man, I never got the chance. I was busy with a bunch of stuff.

Maybe next year. I still really want to add those species.

[SuperSmashFan24681]

@Reebbo where did you go to film these frog calls?I know it's a flooded farm but which state?

[aaron4024]

@SuperSmashFan24681 ILLINOIS

[SuperSmashFan24681]

@aaron4024 k thanks

[dez4aerrow]

Lmfao XD leopard frog made me lol hard

[Neurolanis]

Some very weird sounds there! lol.

[Tylorian]

Fascinating! I just LOVE your videos!!!!!

[den9]

that was awesome, good song too at the end.

i wish i had money to donate for your work, u did a great job.

[butlerproman]

Excellent work. Was that a Burlington Northern frog at about 5:45? I grew up surrounded by excellent frog habitat. The frogs sang me to sleep many a spring night.

[muskieman451]

the leopard frog was LOLs im getting one as a pet

[TheCooFrog]

wow that was interesting!! :D

[maarakailet1]

Re-watching you vids cause the're cool. Still in love with the gray treefrog! Mine are now old man frogs and don't call very often anymore.

[sogy6789]

are you filming in Alberta?

i love your vids please keep making more!!

[sogy6789]

nice vid

[gekperson]

the treefrog sounds like a woodpecker lol

[EJRex]

How old are gray tree frogs when they start calling? I have 10 of them in a terrarium and they don't make a sound, but they aren't very old, maybe a couple of months.. great video btw.

[motleyutube]

Awesome video. TV worthy.

[dotheunexpected]

at 8:15 the bullfrog's ear looks like a woofer speaker...

[mnna69]

omg, the last one did look funny when i called lmfao.!!!!!!! hahahahaha.

[Webumentary]

Great job, Dylan. Keep up the good work. Check out Heron Pond near the Shawnee Forest if you want to film bird voice treefrogs. That's Heron Pond not Heron Lake.

[killajuggaloz5]

bullfrogs sound like cows lol

[pyxiefrog124]

aare there woood frogs in IL

[Reebbo]

yes

[mega1metalhead]

@Reebbo hey dylan remember me ! im billy!

[CHloE748]

ha the leperd frog sounded like he was laphing!

[dudewolf89]

great video thanks for all your hard work to make this video. ;)

The Leopard frog sounds like a old man laughing lol. And i enjoyed the low pitched voice of the bullfrog :)

[airs0ft4life]

i like the leopard frog it sounded like a guy laughing lol great vid

[coldtoon]

amazing you inspired me to photograph and video the herps i see

[andrewtheguitarist]

lol at 5:38 the train blew its horn HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Brittany19906]

awesome vid!!!!

[spillorkill]

Are you in southern IL cause here in the northern IL there is mostly Toads and BullFrogs.

[Reebbo]

yep

[CaterpillarGiraffe]

Awesome video, took a lot of time and effort. I'm sure lots of people will enjoy this (:

Love how you climbed a tree for the tree frog call haha. Personally, I like the Bullfrog calls the best

And love the Ska at the end ;]

[Reebbo]

Thanks. There was actually treefrogs calling all over in the water around that tree, but it seemed so much cooler to film one calling from an actual tree.

[shesmokeslots]

You really worked hard on this video and you did a great job! Very informative!

[joefarah06]

That was the sweeetest video! I can only imagine how much time and effort went into it, but it was worth it. Very very very cool! It's hard to say which species i enjoyed the most... maybe the Hyla sp

[Reebbo]

Yea it was hard work but it turned out better than I expected.

The Hyla was one of my favorites. Took almost no effort haha. I got out of the car, saw him up in a tree and climbed up and filmed him. Nice and easy haha.

[Ghost2743]

Valiant effort my friend! It's nice to see that you were appropriately rewarded with excellent footage.

[pogo265]

I'm really impressed by your effort here and in your other videos. Thank you very much!

[Shyguyx12]

Great footage and the video was very well put together.

[wilk23]

tree frogs are a bit of a pest were i live they keep breeding in my pool tho they do keep the mosquitoes away

[tadpolebee]

wow very informative and also nice ending song. streetlight manifesto+frogs/toads=awesome.

[Reebbo]

Thanks,

somehow ska always seems to be the best music choice for these videos haha.

[x0HERPER0x]

Awesome work bro, its amazing what you can do when your patient. amazing video

Keep it up!

[xNickBoudin]

I've heard the last frog around here. I live in western mass. I could never find it. It honestly sounded like shreaking babys. Is it possible for the eastern narrow mouth toad to be in western mass? What else could it be? I've caught/seen grey tree frogs, eastern spadefoots, american toads, and bullfrogs. But that's about it. Any ideas?

[Reebbo]

Doubt it is the Eastern Narrow-mouthed...

The farthest north that their range reaches is like Maryland I think.

It is probably something that sounds similar. I know the Fowler's Toad, when calling in large numbers, can sound somewhat similar.

I dont know the area you are talking about as well as IL so I can not be certain unless I heard it myself though.

[xNickBoudin]

I've never caught or saw a narrow mouth around here, so I can agree with you on that. I figured that i'm pretty far up north for them. Fowlers toad, eh? I havent caught one, but they're very similar to the american toad so I'll deffinitely check it out. Is it possible for the fowlers and the americans to hybridize? I bet that's what's going on up here because I've seen some crazy looking american toads. They're probably fowlers. I'll research and get back to you. Love your videos man!

[Reebbo]

I know in the lower Mississippi River Valley here in IL the Fowler's and American occasionally hybridize. So it is totally possible.

[xNickBoudin]

Awesome man, I'll let you know if that's the case. Thanks a lot!

[ShawDAMAN]

Great footage! Thanks :)

[Rexthedestroyer]

i had fun sleeping in the car. good times

[Reebbo]

Geo Metros are know to be extremely comfortable sleeping arrangements.

right??

[BoaCrazedA]

awsome video man

[WolFMediaProductions]

amazing footage!

[xjunglexjustinx]

dude this is amazing! very god job, probly my favorite HWD episode so far, and streetlight is on the end! awesomeness

[Reebbo]

haha thanks.

It was actually going to be Big D at the end and I changed it at the last minute.

[STILEZZZZ]

hahahahahahhah the last frog is so jokes hahaha

[STILEZZZZ]

wow the bull frog sounds like a cow lol

[STILEZZZZ]

lol i love the leopard frog

[JakesReptileRoom]

i agree it sounds like someone laughing lol

[Gex96]

that leopard frog sounded like the joker from batman!! LOL!!!

[Reebbo]

yea, when there are a bunch of them calling together it sounds like something really funny is going on in the swamp.

haha.

[mjbearsfan]

Tonight I get to canoe to some woods and there are ponds there.We might get to see fowlers,narrowmouth,bullfrogs,­treefrogs and more.

[howfrom3]

oh yeah really good video the effort was definitely worth it :)

[howfrom3]

i have two green tree frogs..they are the loudest little things ever and they're nocturnal lol

[Basketbreaker]

You don't want footage of Streckers? Those are probably the coolest frog in Illinois. Not to mention easy to photography calling.(I have some) I hear areolata are nearly impossible to get pics of calling.(I never have)Seems like some of the frogs you are missing are easy to get calling eg. green tree and green frog also maybe wood frogs on the right day.

However, kudos on the leopard frog calling. That one is a hard one.

[Reebbo]

I don't know too much about the Streckers. I heard there is a population a little north of me that I was going to check out, but the focus was more on the stuff breeding at that specific location. Where I was was a little too far north for the Green Treefrog and Wood Frogs.

[Basketbreaker]

No mention of the plight of world wide amphibians? I can not decide which kind if grey tree frog that is. I will have to furthur think about that....

[Reebbo]

Without a sample of both H. chrysoscelis and H. versicolor calling or a chromosome count, it is a pretty hard call to make. I just left it at Grey Treefrog since both are morphologically identical.

[Reebbo]

Oh, and I didnt mention the "plight of world wide amphibians" because I wanted to focus the video more on the calls. But I do want to make a video about, or at least mention, the Chytrid fungus problem.

[Reebbo]

Wow, yea I was unaware. If you don't mind, I would actually like to see that article. Sounds interesting.

[smetlogik]

Dylan - Absolutely sick vid! It was worth the wait, seriously, great job! Was that across from where we found those slimys?