Brimley's chorus frog

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Brimley's chorus frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Pseudacris
Species:
P. brimleyi
Binomial name
Pseudacris brimleyi
(Brandt and Walker, 1933)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pseudacris brimleyi Brandt and Walker, 1933
  • Hyla (Pseudacris) brimleyi Dubois, 1984
  • Pseudacris (Pseudacris) brimleyi Fouquette and Dubois, 2014

The dismal swamp chorus frog or Brimley's chorus frog (Pseudacris brimleyi) is a frog. It lives in the east coast of the United States, from Virginia to Georgia.[2][1][3]

The adult male frog can be 30 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog can be 35 mm long. The skin on the frog's back is light brown with lines in the middle and sides and a dark stripe from the eye to where the legs meet the body. There is a light colored line from the mouth to the ear. The skin of the belly is yellow-white in color.[1]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 April Robinson (February 5, 2001). "Pseudacris brimleyi: Brimley's Chorus Frog". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Pseudacris brimleyi Brandt and Walker, 1933". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  3. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Brimley's Chorus Frog: Pseudacris brimleyi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T55889A196334820. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T55889A196334820.en. 55889. Retrieved August 13, 2022.