#1969 · 🐸 amphibians

California Tree Frog

🇳🇱 Californische boomkikker ·Pseudacris cadaverina

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Grigory Heaton · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Brad Winckelmann · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Global Herper · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Traci Locke · CC BY 4.0
5. © LJ Moore-McClelland · CC BY 4.0
6. Leo Carrillo State Park, Malibu, CA, US:© no rights reserved · CC0
7. Santa Lucia Wilderness, Arroyo Grande, CA, US:© no rights reserved · CC0
8. Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Malibu, CA, US:© hsug1747 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County, CA, USA:© Rachel Romine · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Los Angeles County, CA, USA:© Grigory Heaton · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The California tree frog or California chorus frog ( Pseudacris cadaverina ) is a "true" tree frog (family Hylidae) from southern California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico). Until recently, the California tree frog was classified in the genus Hyla .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,175iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
8,175 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1866 (160 years ago).