Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)

Spring Peeper

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Amphibian

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Amphibia

Order: Anura

Family: Hylidae

Genus: Pseudacris

Species: Pseudacris crucifer

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Pseudacris crucifer

Pseudacris crucifer — Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2013-07-13

Pseudacris crucifer — Adult, size comparison with finger
Essex County, MA
Date: 2013-07-13

Pseudacris crucifer — Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2014-08-25

Pseudacris crucifer — Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2014-08-12

Pseudacris crucifer — Adult
Essex County, MA
Date: 2014-08-12

Pseudacris crucifer — Peeper tadpole (below) shown with American toad tadpole (above)
Hampden County, MA
Date: 2007-05-15

Pseudacris crucifer — Tadpole
Rockingham County, NH
Date: 2013-05-06

Pseudacris crucifer — Tadpole
Rockingham County, NH
Date: 2013-05-06