Brimley's Chorus Frog
Pseudacris brimleyi
Summary 4
The Brimley's Chorus Frog (Pseudacris brimleyi) is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is endemic to the United States, and is named for North Carolina zoologist C.S. Brimley. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, ponds, open excavations, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Description 5
Adults of this slender bodied, long legged species reach a body length of 30 mm in males and 35 mm in females. The heel of the hind leg reaches forward to eye level. Tarsal pads are barely expanded. Coloration is typically pentalineate. Dorsal surface is light brown with dark middorsal and paramedian lines and an even darker dorsolateral piceous line running from eye to groin. A pale line extends from the upper lip to the tympanum. Dark spots cover the dorsal surface of the legs. Ventral surface is white with a yellowish hue.
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