Meet the Candidates

Vote or I’ll Croak!     Candidate 1

Carolina Gopher Frog

(Rana capito)

My Campaign Slogan

I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Toad!
I am rare, round and love the underground.

Click here to listen to me sing

(Recording courtesy of Walter Knapp)

My Campaign Promise

I’ll help Keep North Carolina Green and Clean.
A vote for me is a vote to protect rare and wonderful frogs (and toads, too, even though, I am not a toad!)

If elected, I will leap on the bandwagon to help people protect my neighborhood (the Longleaf Pine forest in the Sandhills and the Coastal Plains) and wetlands and forest all across the state.

Photo (Rana capito) courtesy of J.D. Willson

Candidate 2

Pine Barrens Treefrog
(Hyla andersonii)

My Campaign Slogan

I don’t have ribs, but I do have a spine!
I stand up for you and for clean air and water!

Click here to listen to me sing.

(Recording from Frogs and Toads of Georgia Web site.)

My Campaign Promise:

I’ll help keep North Carolina Green and Clean. I need clean water, air and forests to stay healthy and I want you to have them, too.

My Campaign Jingle

I am Sandhills born, I am Sandhills bred and, when I eat, I am Sandhills fed! For its rah, rah, Carolina Bays. Rah, rah Carolina bogs.
Rah, rah Carolina Longleaf Pines.

Candidate 3

Cope’s Gray Treefrog
Hyla chrysoscelis

My Campaign Slogan

I can change my colors to fit in, but I’ll never change
my mind about clean water! I care about healthy forests, too.

Click here to listen to me sing.

(Recording from the Frogs and Toads of Georgia Web site)

My Campaign Promise

I’ll help Keep North Carolina Green and Clean! I’ve got relatives living from the coast to the mountains and the Sandhills to the Virginia border. I want all of them and all of you to have clean water and air!

If you elect me (or if you don’t), you can listen for the thrill of my trill from May all through the summer. I sing to attract females and to celebrate the rain! (That’s why some of my admirers call me a “rain frog.”)

A vote for me links you to treefrogs across half of the United States.


Hyla chrysoscelis Photo courtesy of J.D. Willson

Candidate 4

Brimley’s Chorus Frog
Pseudacris brimleyi

My Campaign Slogan

I’m too tiny to leave clean water to chance. I need it, now, and so do my tadpoles.

Click here to listen to me sing

Recording courtesy of  Walter Knapp

My Campaign Promise

I’ll help Keep North Carolina Green and Clean! A vote for me is a vote to protect wetlands at the beach and water all across the state. As your downstream neighbors, we want to help you keep your water safe and clean.

Cast your vote at: http://www.ncherps.org.  Learn more about me, my campaign and what YOU can do to help frogs everywhere at nczoo.com or fieldtripearth.com.

Learn more about North Carolina's Frogs and Toads and their calls by purchasing The Frogs and Toads of North Carolina field guide and recorded calls.

Pseudracris Brimley Photo at: http://www.uga.edu/srelherp/jd/jdweb/Herps/species/herpll.htm

Last modified 04/15/2008 09:25am.