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Western chorus frogs live in a variety of different habitats, but areas of more permanent water increase the risk of predation on eggs and/or tadpoles. To compensate for this, chorus frogs stick to mostly ephemeral freshwater areas, such as marshes, river swamps, meadows, grassy pools, and other open areas found in mountains and prairies.
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 (), probably a reference to the repeated rasping trill of most chorus frogs, which is similar to that of the insect.
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The Appalachian mountain chorus frog has a unique call. It is a faster, higher note, and holds a distinct quality and form. The repetitions are quicker and the pitch higher. It resembles the call of the Pacific chorus frog rather closely but is less clearly two syllabled. When a whole chorus of them are heard, one can tell them apart from other ...
Western chorus frog: Adults are 1 to 1.5 inches (2.5 to 3.8 cm) long and are colored brown with dark stripes. Rana catesbeiana: Bullfrog: Adults are 3 to 8 inches (7.6 to 20.3 cm) long and colored green, brown or olive. Rana clamitans melanota: Northern green frog: Adults are 2.5 to 4 inches (6.4 to 10.2 cm) long and colored green, brown or olive.
Acrisinae is a subfamily of the tree frog family Hylidae. [1] There are only two genera in this subfamily, Acris (cricket frogs) and Pseudacris (chorus frogs). They are native to most of the Nearctic realm, and are found as far north as the Great Slave Lake in Canada, all across the United States, and down Baja California and some parts of northern Mexico.
A new species of frog has been officially confirmed, close to 80 years after its existence was first theorized. The frog, Rana kauffeldi, is a type of leopard frog, and the process of establishing ...
The boreal chorus frog, (Pseudacris maculata) is a species of chorus frog native to Canada from the west of Lake Superior to western Alberta and north to the North West Territories. It occurs in the USA throughout Montana, northwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Arizona, northern New Mexico and southwestern Utah. This is a small species of frog ...