Western and Boreal Chorus Frogs
(Pseudacris triseriata)
Family: Hylidae
Size: .7 to 1.2 in.
Status: Common and stable
The western chorus frog is pale green or tan with three long, broken, brown stripes running lengthwise along the body. An additional stripe runs from the nostril, through the eye, to the rear legs. Under this stripe is a white line running the length of the lip. The limbs have dark spots or crossbars. The boreal chorus frog is a light gray to cream color with thick, dark green dorsal stripes. The chorus frog’s call is like the sound produced when running your fingernail over the fine teeth of a plastic comb. Marshes, wet prairies, river-bottom forests, shrub wetlands and old moist fields are favored habitats. Chorus frogs call from within grassy clumps in water and are nearly impossible to visually locate.
SOURCE:
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/
