Barking Tree Frog

Also known as Barking Treefrog

Barking tree frogs are the largest native tree frogs in the southeastern United States, easily recognized by their heavy, stout bodies covered in dark round spots. During the breeding season, males float in shallow, fishless ponds while delivering loud, dog-like barking calls that echo through pine flatwoods. Outside of breeding, adults spend most of their lives high in the forest canopy or burrowed beneath cool, damp sand during dry summer spells.