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New Jersey Chorus Frog (Pseudacris kalmi)species of least concern





Description: This frog's color ranges from grey to tan or greenish brown with a dark stripe on both sides of the body that extends from the snout, through their eyes, and to the groin.

Habitat: This frog occupies various moist habitats, including grassy floodplains and wet woodlands containing shallow wetlands (ephemeral pools, ditches, wooded swamps, freshwater marshes) in which breeding occurs.

Range: Range includes extreme southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Delmarva Peninsula of eastern Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.

Found in these States: DE | MD | NJ | PA | VA

Diet: Immature Food Habits: Herbivore. Adult Food Habits: Invertivore

Reproduction: It breeds in early spring from February to April. It broods in shallow bodies of water. On the Delmarva Peninsula, breeding may begin in February, peaks in March, and continues through May; larvae metamorphose in late spring. Eggs are attached to submerged vegetation.

Status: Classified as Critically Imperiled in Pennsylvania and as Vulnerable in New Jersey.

Subspecies: None

Taxonomy:

»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
   »» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
     »» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
       »» Class: Amphibia - Amphibians
         »» Order: Anura - Frogs & Toads
           »» Family: Hylidae - Treefrogs
             »» Genus: Pseudacris
               »» Species: Pseudacris kalmi - New Jersey Chorus Frog

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Pseudacris kalmi", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Content may have been omitted from the original, but no content has been changed or extended.

  

 

 

 

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