Color : Varies from light fawn color to dark brown and may be red or ashy in tone. There is a x shaped dark mark between the eyes, an oblique cross on the back, and bars on the legs. The underparts are light in color. The throat of the male is brown

Measurements: This is the smallest of the treefrogs! The male is about ¾ to 1 inch and the female about 1 to 1 ¼ inches.

Structure: The head is pointed; the ear is visible yet smaller than the eye. The disks on the fingers and toes are prominent. The feet are only moderately webbed.

Range: Eastern North America. It has been reported in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Illinois, and Michigan.

There are few people in the United States who do not know the voice of the spring pepper. Where do you think this bad boy got its name? he males are well known for their particularly high pitched PE-EP, PE-EP, PE-EP, PE-EP, which they sound in early spring. Their call might actually confuse others into believing a large frog was making them! Spring peppers emerge very early in the spring from hibernation sites in forest debris, where they ward off the effects of freezing temperatures by manufacturing glucose.. As you may have guessed, the spring pepper eats small insects such as spiders, ants, and the like. The spring pepper has a lot of predators though, like snakes and skunks to be wary of.

Spring Peepers breed from March to June in Colder areas and October to March in Warmer areas. According to researchers, female spring peppers apparently favor older males, which call at a faster rate than their younger companions. Spring Peepers lay a lot of eggs, typically about 900 or more a clutch! That is quite a lot of peepers, although it needs to be that way, for survival rate to increase.