Pseudacris clarkii (Spotted Chorus Frog)
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SPOTTED
CHORUS FROG
Pseudacris clarki (Baird, 1854)
STATUS: Abundant
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: 2 mi W of Wylie, 3.5
mi E of Wylie, and 2.5 mi N of Farmersville;
Dallas Co.: Hampton
Rd at Irving Blvd, Mt. Creek Lake area, Royal Lane near Tx 114, near
Seagoville airport, Dallas Nature Center, end of Wagner Rd near Cedar
Hill, and prairie area near Oates and I-635 in N Mesquite;
Kaufman Co.: 2
mi S of jct of US 80 on FM 429 and along FM 1565;
Parker Co.: Rio
Brazos Estates on Brazos River; Tarrant
Co.: Benbrook-Aledo Rd
and Old Granbury Rd. near Primrose; Wise
Co.: Lyndon B. Johnson
Nat'l Grasslands NW of Decatur
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell,
Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: Fort Worth
Prairie, Mesquite Grand Prairie, Blackland Prairie, Western Cross Timbers,
and Brazos River Bottoms
COMMENTS: The spotted
chorus frog has declined in the last few years in the Metroplex for no
apparent reason.
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