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Pseudacris spp.
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.
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.
Spotted on Mar 13, 2012
Submitted on Apr 15, 2012
7 Comments
Grandioso
Great shot Aaron!
for sure. i wondered if they were still out cause they were crazy loud a while back, but i dont hear them in the daytime anymore
Thank you. Yes, I was working by headlamp after dark. My target was actually crawfish frogs, but I took what I could get. :-)
great shots! mine didnt go this well.. were these night shots?
I put on my waders and got into the pond with the frogs in order to get these shots. While it made me nervous to take my camera into the water, it was a lot of fun to do it that way, and I got a much better angle than if I had been on the bank.
Great to see them 'in action'!