# Chorus frog

Pseudacris (commonly known as the chorus frogs) is a genus of frogs in the family Hylidae found in North America ranging from the Pacific coastline to the Atlantic.
The name of the genus comes from the Greek pseudes (false) and akris (locust), probably a reference to the repeated rasping trill of most chorus frogs, which is similar to that of the insect. It could also mean ‘false Acris’, distinguishing it from another frog genus.

## Taxonomy

The species in this genus are disputed. Molecular genetic research shows little consistency due to hybridization between species, making taxonomic organization difficult.
The number of species in this genus is controversial, but Frost et al. list 19 species (all shown here), and AmphibiaWeb lists 17 species (P. hypochondriaca and P. sierra are not recognized):
| Binomial name and author | Common name | Distribution |
| Pseudacris brachyphona (Cope, 1889) | Appalachian mountain chorus frog | southwestern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, southeastern Ohio, eastern Kentucky, West Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and northern Alabama |
| Pseudacris brimleyi Brandt & Walker, 1933 | Brimley's chorus frog | Atlantic Coastal Plain from northeastern Georgia to southern Caroline County, Virginia |
| Pseudacris cadaverina (Cope, 1866) | California tree frog | southern California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico) |
| Pseudacris clarkii (Baird, 1854) | spotted chorus frog | central Kansas, Oklahoma, and northeastern New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico and Rio Grande valley in Texas and Tamaulipas |
| Pseudacris collinsorum Ospina, Tieu, Apodaca & Lemmon, 2020 | Collinses’ mountain chorus frog | southwestern North Carolina/southeastern Tennessee, south through northern Georgia to most of Alabama aside from the north and west to northeastern Mississippi |
| Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | spring peeper | Gulf Coast from southeastern Texas to southeastern Georgia and northern Florida, United States. |
| Pseudacris feriarum (Baird, 1854) | upland chorus frog | New Jersey to the Florida panhandle; west to eastern Texas and southeast Oklahoma |
| Pseudacris fouquettei Lemmon et al., 2008 | Cajun chorus frog | United States, in Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Texas |
| Pseudacris hypochondriaca (Hallowell, 1854) | Baja chorus frog | Western North America |
| Pseudacris illinoensis Smith, 1951 | Illinois chorus frog | Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri. |
| Pseudacris kalmi Harper, 1955 | New Jersey chorus frog | New Jersey |
| Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850) | boreal chorus frog | Canada from central Quebec to eastern British Columbia and north to the Northwest Territories, USA throughout Montana, northwestern Wisconsin, northeastern Arizona, northern New Mexico, and southwestern Utah. |
| Pseudacris nigrita (Le Conte, 1825) | southern chorus frog | southeastern United States |
| Pseudacris ocularis (Holbrook, 1838) | little grass frog | Southeastern United States |
| Pseudacris ornata (Holbrook, 1836) | ornate chorus frog | Southeastern United States. |
| Pseudacris regilla (Baird & Girard, 1852) | Pacific tree frog | Pacific Northwest, from Northern California, Oregon, and Washington to British Columbia in Canada |
| Pseudacris sierra (Jameson, Mackey, & Richmond, 1966) | Sierran chorus frog | California, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada, and Montana |
| Pseudacris streckeri A. A. Wright & A. H. Wright, 1933 | Strecker's chorus frog | south central United States, from southern Kansas, through Oklahoma and east to Arkansas, the northwestern tip of Louisiana and south throughout much of Texas. |
| Pseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | western chorus frog or striped chorus frog | Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, and New Jersey to central Arizona. |

## Distribution and habitat

Chorus frogs live anywhere in North America from southern Alaska to southern Baja California, and from the Pacific to the Atlantic.