Boreal Chorus Frog
Pseudacris maculata
The Boreal Chorus Frog is small and smooth-skinned. It varies in color, from green-grey to brown, but always has two particular stripes: a dark one through the eye and a…
How to identify
The Boreal Chorus Frog is small and smooth-skinned. It varies in color, from green-grey to brown, but always has two particular stripes: a dark one through the eye and a white one on the upper lip.
Range
The Boreal Chorus Frog is found mostly in Middle America and southern Canada. Its range extends from ‘Great Plains’ states like Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming to the Northern provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan. Reports also indicate an isolated population straddling the dividing line between Ontario, Quebec, and New York.
Habitat
Boreal Chorus Frogs prefer to make their homes in forest openings around woodland ponds. In the far north, they’re sometimes found on the tundra. They will breed in almost any fishless pond with a depth of at least 3.9 inches, including splash pools, roadside ditches, flooded fields, beaver ponds, marshes, swamps or shallow lakes.
Variations
It’s distinguished from other tree frogs by three dark strips down its back. Although usually solid, the stripes can be broken into dots or dashes on some individuals.
Similar species
Name and etymology
Maculata: Latin spotted.
At a glance
Range
The Boreal Chorus Frog is found mostly in Middle America and southern Canada. Its range extends from ‘Great Plains’ states li…
Habitat
Boreal Chorus Frogs prefer to make their homes in forest openings around woodland ponds. In the far north, they’re sometimes…
Guide
Reptiles and Amphibians of North America
Range map
Approximate range. © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap