| Southern chorus frog | |
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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 | |
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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
- ↑ 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.
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