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The Pine Barrens tree frog was featured in a series of prints by artist Andy Warhol. In 1983, the artist was commissioned to create a portfolio of ten endangered species to raise environmental awareness and included was D. andersonii.[10] The portfolio, known as "Endangered Species" was created in support of the Endangered Species Act, which ...
The American green tree frog (Dryophytes cinereus or Hyla cinerea) is a common arboreal species of New World tree frog belonging to the family Hylidae. This nocturnal insectivore is moderately sized and has a bright green to reddish-brown coloration. [2] Commonly found in the central and southeastern United States, the frog lives in open canopy ...
Wood frog: Lithobates sylvaticus: Proposed in 2015 [16] North Carolina: Pine barrens tree frog (state frog) Hyla andersonii: 2013 [17] Marbled salamander (state salamander) Ambystoma opacum: 2013 [18] Ohio: Spotted salamander (state amphibian) Ambystoma maculatum: 2010 [19] American bullfrog (state frog) Rana catesbeiana: 2010 [20] Oklahoma ...
The barking tree frog, reproduces aquatically but migrates to land to lay their eggs. Breeding typically occurs over two or three months, the months differing depending on the location. In Kentucky, Dryophytes gratiosus usually breads between mid June to late July, April to July in North Carolina and Alabama, and March to August in Louisiana ...
It served as the state's only emblem for 14 years until the adoption of the state flag in 1885. Enacted by law in 2013, the newest symbols of North Carolina are the state art medium, clay; the state fossil, the megalodon teeth; the state frog, the Pine Barrens tree frog; the state marsupial, the Virginia opossum; and the state salamander, the ...
Samwel Shasta salamander, Hydromantes samweli[7][8][n 1] Shasta salamander, Hydromantes shastae VU. Wintu Shasta salamander, Hydromantes wintu[7][8][n 1] Climbing salamanders. Green salamander, Aneides aeneus NT. Hickory Nut Gorge green salamander, Aneides caryaensis[7][8][n 1] Clouded salamander, Aneides ferreus NT.
Frog, in Cary, North Carolina. Frogs are common in the marshy and wet regions of the Piedmont. The frog pictured at left is a Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysocelis) or gray treefrog (H. versicolor). These two species cannot be differentiated except by their call or genetic analysis. However, H. versicolor is rare in the state and likely to not ...
Tree frogs are members of these families or genera: Hylidae, or "true" treefrogs, occur in the temperate to tropical parts of Eurasia north of the Himalayas, Australia and the Americas. Rhacophoridae, or shrub frogs, are the treefrogs of tropical regions around the Indian Ocean: Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia east to Lydekker's line.