Strecker's chorus frog
{{Short description|Species of amphibian}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Strecker's chorus frog
| image = Pseudacris streckeri streckeri.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Pseudacris streckeri
| authority = A. A. Wright & A. H. Wright, 1933
| synonyms = Hyla streckeri
}}
Strecker's chorus frog (Pseudacris streckeri) is a species of nocturnal tree frog native to the south central United States, from southern Kansas, through Oklahoma and east to Arkansas, the northwestern tip of Louisiana and south throughout much of Texas.
Description
Strecker's chorus frogs can attain a size of approximately 1.5 inches (about 3.5 cm). They vary in color from light grey, brown to green with darker longitudinal blotches, and a distinctive dark spot that runs underneath the eye. Their underside is typically white in color, with yellow or orange around the groin region.
Whether this name refers to a species with two subspecies: Strecker's chorus frog, Pseudacris streckeri streckeri Wright & Wright, 1933 and Illinois chorus frog, Pseudacris streckeri illinoensis (Smith, 1951), or whether the Illinois chorus frog is split off as its own species is controversial. Collins Collins, J. T. 1997. Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles. Fourth edition. Herpetological Circular 25: 1–40. recognized it as its own species which was followed by ASW6.0{{cite web|url=http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Pseudacris/Pseudacris-illinoensis|title=Amphibian Species of the World 6.0|access-date=2014-06-04}} and Amphibiaweb{{cite web|url=http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?rel-common_name=like&rel-family=equals&rel-ordr=equals&rel-intro_isocc=like&rel-description=like&rel-distribution=like&rel-life_history=like&rel-trends_and_threats=like&rel-relation_to_humans=like&rel-comments=like&rel-submittedby=like&max=200&orderbyaw=Family&include_synonymies=Yes&show_photos=Yes&rel-scientific_name=contains&where-scientific_name=Pseudacris+illinoensis&rel-genus=equals&where-genus=&rel-species=equals&where-species=&where-common_name=&where-subfamily=&where-family=any&where-ordr=any&rel-isocc=occurs+in&where-isocc=&rel-species_account=matchboolean&where-species_account=&rel-declinecauses=equals&where-declinecauses=&rel-iucn=begins+with&where-iucn=&rel-cites=equals&where-cites=&where-submittedby=|title=AmphibiaWeb|access-date=2014-06-04}} on the basis of its diagnosability from Pseudacris streckeri and its allopatry. The IUCNredlist 2013.2 has not incorporated this taxonomic split.
References
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- {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2015 |title=Pseudacris streckeri |volume=2015 |page=e.T55898A64942609 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T55898A64942609.en |access-date=11 November 2021}} Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern
- [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/rangemap.php?species=55898 IUCN RangeMap:]
- [http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/frogs/pseudacris.streckeri.html Herps of Texas: Pseudacris streckeri]
- [http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Pseudacris/Pseudacris-streckeri]
- [http://pick5.pick.uga.edu/mp/20q?search=Pseudacris+streckeri Discover Life: Pseudacris streckeri]
{{Commons category|Pseudacris streckeri}}
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Category:Fauna of the Plains-Midwest (United States)
Category:Amphibians of the United States
Category:Amphibians described in 1933
Category:Endemic amphibians of the United States
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