New Jersey Chorus Frog (Pseudacris kalmi)
Description: This frog's color ranges from grey to tan or greenish brown with a dark stripe on both sides of the body that extends from the snout, through their eyes, and to the groin.
Habitat: This frog occupies various moist habitats, including grassy floodplains and wet woodlands containing shallow wetlands (ephemeral pools, ditches, wooded swamps, freshwater marshes) in which breeding occurs.
Range: Range includes extreme southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the Delmarva Peninsula of eastern Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.
Diet: Immature Food Habits: Herbivore. Adult Food Habits: Invertivore
Reproduction: It breeds in early spring from February to April. It broods in shallow bodies of water. On the Delmarva Peninsula, breeding may begin in February, peaks in March, and continues through May; larvae metamorphose in late spring. Eggs are attached to submerged vegetation.
Status: Classified as Critically Imperiled in Pennsylvania and as Vulnerable in New Jersey.
»» Kingdom: Animalia - Animals
»» Phylum: Chordata - Chordates
»» Subphylum: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
»» Class: Amphibia - Amphibians
»» Order: Anura - Frogs & Toads
»» Family: Hylidae - Treefrogs
»» Genus: Pseudacris
»» Species: Pseudacris kalmi - New Jersey Chorus Frog
»» Subspecies: None
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