Ornate chorus frog

species of amphibian

The ornate chorus frog, ornate tree frog, ornate land frog, smooth chorus frog, western chorus frog, or ornate winter frog (Pseudacris ornata) is a frog. It lives in the southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coastal plain. It lives as far north as North Carolina and as far south as Florida and Louisiana.[3][1][2]

Ornate chorus frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Pseudacris
Species:
P. ornata
Binomial name
Pseudacris ornata
(Holbrook, 1836)
Synonyms[3]
  • Rana ornata Holbrook, 1836
  • Cystignathus ornatus Holbrook, 1842
  • Litoria occidentalis Baird and Girard, 1853
  • Chorophilus ornatus LeConte, 1855
  • Cystignathus ornatus Günther, 1859
  • Chorophilus copii Boulenger, 1882
  • Chorophilus occidentalis Cope, 1889
  • Hyla copii Günther, 1901
  • Pseudacris occidentalis Stejneger and Barbour, 1917
  • Pseudacris ornata Stejneger and Barbour, 1917
  • Hyla ornata Noble, 1923
  • Pseudacris copii Noble, 1923
  • Hyla occidentalis Noble, 1923
  • Hyla weberi Noble, 1923
  • Hyla (Pseudacris) ornata Dubois, 1984
  • Pseudacris (Pseudacris) ornata Fouquette and Dubois, 2014

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Pseudacris ornata". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Pseudacris ornata: Ornate Chorus Frog". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55896A196335146. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T55896A196335146.en. 55896. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudacris ornata (Holbrook, 1836)". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 4, 2022.