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Southern chorus frog
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Pseudacris nigrita
Rana nigrita


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