Southern chorus frog

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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.[citation needed]

Southern chorus frog
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

References

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  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.