Pacific Treefrog Pseudacris regilla (formerly Hyla regilla)
Also known as the Chorus Frog
Species code: PSRE ...
There are always treefrogs aplenty at Frog Pond. Pacific Treefrogs have the chirping cricket-like call familiar from countless old movies, because they were easy for Hollywood moviemakers to locate and record.
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The Pacific treefrog is an adaptable species found from rainforests near sea level, to mountains at 11,000 feet, and on into dry interior areas of Washington where water is available.
Description: Pacific treefrogs can come in brown, gray, tan and other earth tones as well as green (around Moscow Idaho, they tend to be light gray, green, or with zones of both). Their color can lighten or darken in a few minutes. Adults are about 1.
Eastern long-toed salamander larvae in Oregon have been observed feeding on hatchling Pacific treefrog (Hyla regilla) larvae. Cascades frog (Rana cascadae) larvae and fairy shrimp (Anostraca) were other potential prey in the breeding pond [31].
Little Grass Frog - Pseudacris ocularis (formerly Limnaoedus ocularis)
Ornate Chorus Frog - Pseudacris ornata
Pacific Treefrog - Pseudacris regilla (formerly Hyla regilla)
Strecker's Chorus Frog - Pseudacris streckeri ...
This frog has gone through a lot of taxonomy changes. It was originally classified in the Treefrog genus Hyla as the Pacific Treefrog (Hyla regilla). Many currently available field guides use that name to describe our population.
 See also: Treefrog, Snake, Toad, Salamander, Lizard
  
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