Pseudacris streckeri (Strecker's Chorus Frog)
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STRECKER'S
CHORUS FROG
Pseudacris streckeri Wright
& Wright, 1923
STATUS: Uncommon
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: SE corner, 2.5 mi NE
of Farmersville, and 4 mi E of Westminister;
Dallas Co.: Mt.
Lebanon encampment, Mt. Creek Lake area, Hard Rock Rd. at Rock Island Rd.,
Irving, near Seagoville airport, and Dallas Nature Center;
Hood Co.: 3 mi
N of Thorp Spring and 6 mi S of Brazos River on FM 2580;
Johnson Co.: 10
mi W of Cleburne; Parker
Co.: 5 mi N US 377 on county Rd. and 3.4 mi W of FM 2871 on FM 1024
(Aledo Rd.); Somervell Co.:
.2 mi W of CR 2013; Tarrant
Co.: Benbrook-Aledo Rd.,
Rocky Creek at Benbrook Lake, 3 mi W of Saginaw, Rockwood Park, and S of
Arlington on FM 157; Wise
Co.: Lyndon B. Johnson Nat'l Grasslands NW of Decatur
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: Fort Worth
Prairie, Mesquite Grand Prairie, Blackland Prairie, and Western Cross
Timbers
COMMENTS: The
Strecker's chorus frog used to be one of the most common frogs in the
outer edges of the Metroplex. It
is a mystery why this species has declined as much as it has.
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