Southern chorus frog
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Species: | P. nigrita
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Pseudacris nigrita (LeConte, 1825)
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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
- Hammerson, G. (2004). Pseudacris nigrita. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 July 2007.