Howard County Frog a First for Maryland
But the squirrel tree frog is not the first new species found by Herp-searching Marylanders.
Burmese pythons, alligator turtles, spring salamanders; none of the animals are native to this area, yet all have been found in Howard County. “We have now found 13 species statewide that are non-native,” said Sue Muller, Howard County Coordinator for the Maryland Amphibian and Reptile Atlas, a project to document amphibian and reptile populations across the state. Most recently, a resident sent Muller a picture of a squirrel tree frog that he had found near his patio. “They’re a Coastal Plains species found from Texas all the way up through North Carolina and just into the tip of southeast Virginia,” Muller said. “So Columbia, Maryland is out of their range.” Or was. Alan Green snapped the picture of the bright green amphibian near …
