Southern chorus frog | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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 |
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.
References
- 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Pseudacris nigrita | |
Rana nigrita |
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