Brimley's Chorus Frog | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Hylidae |
Genus: | Pseudacris |
Species: | P. brimleyi |
Binomial name | |
Pseudacris brimleyi Brandt & Walker, 1933 |
The Brimley's Chorus Frog (Pseudacris brimleyi) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is endemic to the United States, and is named for North Carolina zoologist C.S. Brimley. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, ponds, open excavations, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.