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Pseudacris (chorus frog)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae

Taxonomy
Pseudacris was named by Fitzinger (1843). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hylidae by Lynch (1965) and Carroll (1988); and to Hylinae by Sanchiz (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Pseudacris Fitzinger
1965Pseudacris Lynch p. 74
1988Pseudacris Carroll
1998Pseudacris Sanchiz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
—Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyHyloideaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyHylidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyHylinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPseudacrisFitzinger 1843

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pseudacris Fitzinger 1843 [chorus frog]
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Pseudacris clarki Baird 1854 [spotted chorus frog]
†Pseudacris nordensis Chantell 1964
Pseudacris ornata Holbrook 1836 [ornate chorus frog]
Pseudacris triseriata Wied 1838 [western chorus frog]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 16.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.5 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) Pseudacris clarki (18397)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Pseudacris clarki, Pseudacris nordensis (18284) Pseudacris nordensis, Pseudacris clarki (18141) Pseudacris sp. (27507)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Texas) Pseudacris ocularis (18665)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Pseudacris clarki (18450)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Pseudacris streckeri (126664)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Pseudacris clarki (20530)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Pseudacris triseriata (20301 20516)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Pseudacris triseriata (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Pseudacris triseriata (20309)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) Pseudacris triseriata (20361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Pseudacris ornata (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Pseudacris sp., Pseudacris triseriata (76049)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Pseudacris triseriata (140702)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Acris sp. (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Pseudacris sp. (123918)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pseudacris ornata (20573)