Strecker's Chorus Frog

Taxobox
name = Strecker's Chorus Frog
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = unknown
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Hylidae
genus = "Pseudacris"
species = "P. streckeri"
binomial = "Pseudacris streckeri"
binomial_authority = Wright & Wright, 1933
synonyms = "Hyla streckeri"

Strecker's Chorus Frog is a species of nocturnal tree frog native to the south central United States, from southern Kansas, through Oklahoma and east to Arkansas, the northwestern tip of Louisiana and south throughouth much of Texas.

Description

Strecker's Chorus Frogs can attain a size of approximately 1.5 inches (about 35cm). They vary in color from light grey, brown to green with darker longitudinal blotches, and a distinctive dark spot that runs underneath the eye. Their underside is typically white in color, with yellow or orange around the groin region.

ubspecies

Two subspecies are recognised [http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01589p032.pdf] :

*Strecker's Chorus Frog, "Pseudacris streckeri streckeri" Wright & Wright, 1933
*Illinois Chorus Frog, "Pseudacris streckeri illinoensis" (Smith, 1951)

References

* Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/rangemap.php?species=55898 IUCN Range
]
* [http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/frogs/pseudacris.streckeri.html Herps of Texas: "Pseudacris streckeri"]
* [http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/references.php?id=5276 Amphibian Species of the World: "Pseudacris streckeri"]
* [http://pick5.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?search=Pseudacris+streckeri Discover Life: "Pseudacris streckeri"]