Chorus frog
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| Chorus frog | |
|---|---|
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| Little Grass Frog, Pseudacris ocularis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Pseudacris Fitzinger, 1843 |
Pseudacris is a genus of chorus frogs in the family Hylidae found in North America ranging from the Pacific coastline to the Atlantic.
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. It could also mean ‘false Acris’, distinguishing it from anther frog genus.[1]
Species
| Binomial name and author | Common name |
|---|---|
| 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 tree frog |
| Pseudacris streckeri Wright & Wright, 1933 | Strecker's chorus frog |
| Pseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | western chorus frog or striped chorus frog |
References
- ↑ Dodd, C. Kenneth (2013). Frogs of the United States and Canada 1. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4214-0633-6.
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
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