Chorus frog

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Chorus frog
P ocularis USGS.jpg
Pseudacris ocularis , little grass frog
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Subfamily: Acrisinae
Genus: Pseudacris
Fitzinger, 1843
Synonyms

ChorophilusBaird, 1854
HelocaetesBaird, 1854
HeloecetesBaird, 1859 (misspelling
HyliolaMocquard, 1899
LimnaoedusMittleman & List, 1953
ParapseudacrisHardy & Burrows, 1986
Pseudacris (Pycnacris)Fouquette & Dubois, 2014

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Pseudacris (commonly known as the chorus frogs) is a genus of 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 another frog genus. [1]

Taxonomy

The species in this genus are disputed. Molecular genetic research shows little consistency due to hybridization between species, making taxonomic organization difficult. [2]

The number of species in this genus is controversial, but Frost et al. list 19 species (all shown here), and AmphibiaWeb lists 17 species (P. hypochondriaca and P. sierra are not recognized): [3] [4]

ImageBinomial name and authorCommon nameDistribution
Mountain Chorus Frog imported from iNaturalist photo 123959030 on 8 December 2021.jpg Pseudacris brachyphona (Cope, 1889)Appalachian mountain chorus frogsouthwestern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, southeastern Ohio, eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and northern Alabama
Pseudacris brimleyi.jpg Pseudacris brimleyi Brandt & Walker, 1933Brimley's chorus frogAtlantic Coastal Plain from northeastern Georgia to southern Caroline County, Virginia
California Tree Frog (11360267214).jpg Pseudacris cadaverina (Cope, 1866)California tree frogsouthern California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico)
Pseudacris clarkii.jpg Pseudacris clarkii (Baird, 1854)spotted chorus frogcentral Kansas, Oklahoma, and northeastern New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico and Rio Grande valley in Texas and Tamaulipas
Pseudacris collinsorum Ospina, Tieu, Apodaca & Lemmon, 2020Collinses’ mountain chorus frogsouthwestern North Carolina/southeastern Tennessee, south through northern Georgia to most of Alabama aside from the north and west to northeastern Mississippi
Peter Paplanus - Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) (44981664574).jpg Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)spring peeperGulf Coast from southeastern Texas to southeastern Georgia and northern Florida, United States.
Upland chorus frog (Pseudacris feriarum).jpg Pseudacris feriarum (Baird, 1854)upland chorus frogNew Jersey to the Florida panhandle; west to eastern Texas and southeast Oklahoma
Cajun Chorus Frog (Pseudacris fouquettei).jpg Pseudacris fouquettei Lemmon et al., 2008Cajun chorus frogUnited States, in Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Texas
Pseudacris hypochondriaca 4210.jpg Pseudacris hypochondriaca (Hallowell, 1854)Baja chorus frogWestern North America
Pseudacris streckeri illinoensis.jpg Pseudacris illinoensis Smith, 1951Illinois chorus frogArkansas, Illinois, and Missouri.
Pseudacris kalmi Harper, 1955New Jersey chorus frogNew Jersey
Pseudacris maculata.jpg Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850)boreal chorus frogCanada from central Quebec to eastern British Columbia and north to the Northwest Territories, USA throughout Montana, northwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Arizona, northern New Mexico, and southwestern Utah.
Pseudacris nigrita02.jpg Pseudacris nigrita (Le Conte, 1825)southern chorus frogsoutheastern United States
Chrorus frog pseudacris ocularis.jpg Pseudacris ocularis (Holbrook, 1838)[ citation needed ]little grass frogSoutheastern United States
Ornate Chorus Frog (Pseudacris ornata) (28370204939).jpg Pseudacris ornata (Holbrook, 1836)ornate chorus frogSoutheastern United States.
Pacific Tree Frog (Pseudacris regilla) 3.JPG Pseudacris regilla (Baird & Girard, 1852)Pacific tree frogPacific Northwest, from Northern California, Oregon, and Washington to British Columbia in Canada
180202-FS-Plumas-TH-001 (26674733767).jpg Pseudacris sierra (Jameson, Mackey, & Richmond, 1966)Sierran chorus frogCalifornia, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and Montana
Pseudacris streckeri streckeri01.jpg Pseudacris streckeri A. A. Wright & A. H. Wright, 1933Strecker's chorus frogsouth central United States, from southern Kansas, through Oklahoma and east to Arkansas, the northwestern tip of Louisiana and south throughout much of Texas.
Pseudacris triseriata.jpg Pseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)western chorus frog or striped chorus frogCanada to the Gulf of Mexico, and New Jersey to central Arizona.

Distribution and habitat

Chorus frogs live anywhere in North America from southern Alaska to southern Baja California, and from the Pacific to the Atlantic. [2]

References

  1. Dodd, C. Kenneth (2013). Frogs of the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 20. ISBN   978-1-4214-0633-6.
  2. 1 2 "Pseudacris Fitzinger, 1843 | Amphibian Species of the World". research.amnh.org. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Pseudacris Fitzinger, 1843". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  4. "AmphibiaWeb -- Search Results". amphibiaweb.org. Retrieved 2021-03-25.