Chorus frog
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Little Grass Frog, Pseudacris ocularis
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Chorus frogs (Pseudacris) are a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found in North America east of the Rocky Mountains from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.
The name of the genus comes from the Greek pseudes (false) and akris (locust), probably a reference to the repeated rasping trill of most chorus frogs, which is similar to that of the insect.
[edit] Species
Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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Pseudacris brachyphona (Cope, 1889) | Mountain Chorus Frog |
Pseudacris brimleyi Brandt & Walker, 1933 | Brimley's Chorus Frog |
Pseudacris cadaverina (Cope, 1866) | California tree frog |
Pseudacris clarkii (Baird, 1854) | Spotted Chorus Frog |
Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | Spring Peeper |
Pseudacris feriarum (Baird, 1854) | Upland Chorus Frog |
Pseudacris fouquettei Lemmon et. al., 2008 | Cajun Chorus Frog |
Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850) | Boreal Chorus Frog |
Pseudacris nigrita (Le Conte, 1825) | Southern Chorus Frog |
Pseudacris ocularis (Bosc & Daudin, 1801) | Little Grass Frog |
Pseudacris ornata (Holbrook, 1836) | Ornate Chorus Frog |
Pseudacris regilla (Baird & Girard, 1852) | Pacific Chorus Frog |
Pseudacris streckeri Wright & Wright, 1933 | Strecker's Chorus Frog |
Pseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | Western Chorus Frog or Striped Chorus Frog |
[edit] External Links
- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Pseudacris. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 23, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Pseudacris. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 23, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Pseudacris at http://www.eol.org.
- ITIS - Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database Taxon Pseudacris at http://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: Apr 23, 2008).
- GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxon Pseudacris at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm