Southern chorus frog

Southern chorus frog
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Hylidae
Genus:	Pseudacris
Species:	P. nigrita
Binomial name
Pseudacris nigrita (LeConte, 1825)
Synonyms
Rana nigrita LeConte, 1825 Cystignathus nigritus Holbrook, 1842

The southern chorus frog (Pseudacris nigrita) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, endemic to the southeastern United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate grassland, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, open excavations, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2014). "Pseudacris nigrita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T55894A64733885. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T55894A64733885.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.