Western Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triseriata
Summary: This habitat generalist occurs in every county in the region, and at most inventoried preserves. It is especially abundant in former prairie and savanna areas.
Western Chorus Frog
(Pseudacris triseriata)
DESCRIPTION: 3/4-1 1/2" (1.9-3.8 cm). Skin smooth, greenish-gray to brown. Three dark stripes down back; may be broken, reduced, or absent.
Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)
Description: Up to 1½" snout-vent length. Color gray, green, olive, brown, or reddish, with irregular green or brown stripes or spots. Stripe through eye extends to groin.
Western Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triseriata triseriata
Horn's Grove, St. Louis Co., Missouri. Spring 1973.
Western Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triseriata
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Status No status assigned in Minnesota. Description These tiny frogs are probably Minnesota's smallest frogs with a body length of slightly over an inch.
Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata triseriata)
DESCRIPTION: A tiny brownish frog with dark stripes on back and a dark band that runs from the nose to top of front leg, through the eye. 1 to 1 1/2 inches long.
Western Chorus Frog
Another early breeder is the Western Chorus Frog, distinguished by three dark lines running down its tan, gray, olive or light brown back.
Western Chorus Frog
The Boreal Chorus Frog is characterized by very short legs, with the tibia (leg segment below the knee) being shorter than that of the Western Chorus Frog, which it resembles closely.
Western Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triseriata
Rare. Small. Color grays and browns. Dark stripe from snout to groin. 3 dark, broad
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Common Name: Western Chorus Frog
Scientific Name: Pseudacris triseriata
Wisconsin Status: protected through regulations ...
A rasp like that of Western Chorus Frog, but given more rapidly, higher in pitch, and more nasel in quality
Sounds like a wagon wheel turning without benefit of lubrication
Harsh, raspy "wreenk" or "reek"
Tadpoles: ...
Three subspecies of the striped chorus frog are found in Pennsylvania: Pseudacris triseriata triseriata, the western chorus frog; P.t. feriarum, the upland chorus frog; and P.t. kalmi, the New Jersey or coastal plain chorus frog.
The subspecies found in the Piedmont of North Carolina, the Upland Chorus Frog, has been split from the Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata). Ours was formerly known as Pseudacris triseriata feriarum.
Orange Co., NC 2/12/05.
From this table I learned that Mesa Verde National Park contains a bunch of herps that I have yet to encounter anywhere, including Tiger Salamanders, Western Chorus Frogs, Variable Skinks, Milk Snakes, Smooth Green Snakes, and Prairie Rattlesnakes.
Upland Chorus Frog (Pseudacris feriarum) is a species of chorus frog found in the United States. It was recently separated from the Western Chorus Frog, (Pseudacris triseriata), being identified as an individual species rather than a subspecies.
When overwintering in these microsites, four-toed salamanders may occur in groups, which may include other species such as spring peepers (Pseudacris crucifer), western chorus frogs (Pseudacris triseriata), wood frogs (Rana sylvatica cantabrigensis), ...
 See also: Chorus Frog, Spring Peeper, Peeper, Gray Treefrog, Treefrog
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