Spring Peeper (Chorus) Frog - Pseudacris crucifer

Description: Approx. 0.75 - 1.25" in length. Easily identified by the dark "X" on its back. "X" is sometimes not very perfect. Body varies through shades of olive, yellow, brown or gray. It is not striped, mottled or spotted.

Habitat: A frog of the woodlands which are near intermittant ponds or marshes.

Range: Northern Florida to the Canadian Maritime Provinces and west to E. Texas and S.E. Manitoba.

Notes: Tend to form choral groups where trees or bushes are either in the water or very nearby. Seldom seen except during breeding season. Its voice is a high piping whistle with a single clear note that is repeated at intervals of about a second.

Amphibians are important indicator species of healthy wetlands.

Photo by: Eugene Kromray
Location: Eddyville Dunes, South Central Iowa