Southern Chorus Frog (Pseudacris nigrita)

Created: January 22nd, 2011 - 01:16 PM
Last Modified: February 1st, 2011 - 10:26 PM Entered by: Joshua Holbook
Record 61195

Country: United States		State: Florida	County: Palm Beach County	Time: 2011-01-21 21:15:00
Qty: 50	Age: --	Sex: --	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: -----
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Overcast		Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

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Comments

Posted by Josh Young on Jan 26, 2011 at 10:05 AM

It was either that or a lesser siren. I saw the external gills.

Posted by Joshua Holbook on Jan 26, 2011 at 07:19 AM

You sure it was a dwarf siren? That's a rare find; I hope you got pictures. I saw a small amphiuma in their breeding area, you sure that isn't what you saw?

Posted by Josh Young on Jan 25, 2011 at 11:19 PM

Yeah it took me a few minutes to locate mine. They're call are like the little grass frogs, deceiving in their true location. If the rain hadn't of started coming down as a torrential downpour I could have located more I'm sure but the one was all I had the chance to see. I'll be going back out shortly for more and better shots. I also saw a dwarf siren, but it disappeared before I could photo it.

Posted by Joshua Holbook on Jan 24, 2011 at 07:09 AM

Chorus estimate, though the real number was likely much higher. I tried for a while after seeing this one to locate another, but they were all calling form inside clumps of grass, I had a wife waiting, and I got distracted by an amphiuma.

Posted by Josh Young on Jan 24, 2011 at 12:13 AM

50?!?!?!?! Was this the only one seen or did you manage to see more or 50 is the rough estimate of how many were in the chorus?