Spotted Chorus Frog

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Spotted Chorus Frog
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Pseudacris
Species: P. clarkii
Binomial name
Pseudacris clarkii
Baird, 1854
Synonyms

Helocaetes clarkii
Chorophilus triseriatus clarkii
Hyla clarkii

The Spotted Chorus Frog or Clark's Tree Frog (Pseudacris clarkii) is a small, nocturnal tree frog native to the grasslands and prairies of central United States and Tamaulipas state, Mexico. It is found from central Kansas, Oklahoma and northeastern New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico and Rio Grande river valley in Texas and Tamaulipas.

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Spotted chorus frogs are generally a grey or olive green in color, with lighter green mottling on their back, and white in color on their underside. They grow to a maximum of 1.25 inches (approximately 3 cm).

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