Chorus frog

Chorus frog
Chorus Frogs
Little Grass Frog, Pseudacris ocularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Pseudacris
Fitzinger, 1843

Chorus frogs (Pseudacris) are a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found in North America on both sides of the Rocky Mountains from the San Francisco Bay Area 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.

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

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