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Chorus frog
Pseudacris spp.
36.7357, -95.9454
Field Notes
Description:
Chorus frogs (Pseudacris) are a genus of frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found in North America on both sides of the Rocky Mountains from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Gulf of Mexico.
The name of the genus comes from the Greek pseudes (false) and akris (locust), probably a reference to the repeated rasping trill of most chorus frogs, which is similar to that of the insect.
Notes:
My location is at the crossroads of two Pseudacris species and it's become quite a challenge to identify them. The Cajun chorus frog (Pseudacris fouquetti) and the boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata) are both found in northeast Oklahoma, and the main difference seems to be that the Cajun chorus frog has a larger head, larger eyes, and longer legs than the boreal chorus frog.
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