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Southeastern chorus frog

Pseudacris feriarum · Frogs and toads · Amphibians

Southeastern chorus frog (Pseudacris feriarum): Small; females 25-33 mm, males 23-31 mm; brown, tan or gray. Three stripes (sometimes broken into spots) down the back, often a dark triangle between the eyes (absent in some South Carolina populations). This profile does not establish whether taking it is legal anywhere.

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Scientific name
Pseudacris feriarum
Family
Hylidae
In North America
Native
Range
Southeastern United States: southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas and eastern Mississippi east to coastal Virginia and the Carolinas, north to central and southern Pennsylvania, south to northern Florida. Not in Canada.
Biology

How to identify it

Small; females 25-33 mm, males 23-31 mm; brown, tan or gray. [1][2]

Three stripes (sometimes broken into spots) down the back, often a dark triangle between the eyes (absent in some South Carolina populations). [1][2]

Belly light tan to white; breeding males have brownish-yellow throats; calls a trill. [1][2]

Field knowledge

Where it lives

Meadows, moist forests, bottomland swamps and areas near ponds and bogs; mainly upland in the north and lowland in the south; uses ditches, flooded pastures and rain pools. [1][2]

Field knowledge

How it behaves

Breeds in temporary pools, not permanent water; choruses can be heard by day and night in the breeding season. [1][2]

Does not wander more than about 200 m from breeding sites after breeding and is found in leaf litter; southern populations may stay active all year. [1][2]

Insectivore eating ants, beetles, flies, caterpillars, springtails, mites and snails; sit-and-wait feeder. [1][2]

Regulatory handoff

Limited legal take

Legal take of this species exists only under narrow conditions — a quota, a draw, a permit, a small area, or animals released or held on private land — set by the authorities below. Nowhere else is a legal opportunity implied, and Hunt shows one only where a certified rule establishes it.

Where legal take is listed

Being listed is not an open season. Seasons, zones, licences, methods and limits decide whether this animal may be taken on a given day and place — check Hunt or the authority before you go. Listings read 2026-09-30.

Geospatial intelligence

Where it is found

Southeastern United States: southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas and eastern Mississippi east to coastal Virginia and the Carolinas, north to central and southern Pennsylvania, south to northern Florida. Not in Canada.

Biology

Sources

Every claim above is attributed to one of these published sources.

  1. NatureServe · reviewed 2026-09-30

    NatureServe

  2. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web · reviewed 2026-09-30

    University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Animal Diversity Web