Herpetofauna: One Life's List

Pseudacris nigrita nigrita
Southern Chorus Frog

Rockingham, North Carolina
May 29th, 2000

A pretty little frog, found in a trash dump alongside a South Carolina back road.  Some nigrita carry the three classic chorus frog dorsal stripes, others.like this one, have the stripes broken up into irregular rows of dark spots.  They carry the typical dark lateral stripe through the eye.