#1912 · 🐸 amphibians

Spring Peeper

🇳🇱 Kruisboomkikker ·Pseudacris crucifer

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Bruce J. Mohn · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jerry Cannon · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Bethany Harvey · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Patrick Hanly · CC BY 4.0
6. Vershire, VT, USA:© Laura J. Costello · CC BY 4.0
7. Jodhpur Dr, Leesburg, VA, US:© rereedy · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA:© Jace Soule · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Howell Township, MI, USA:© Gianna Coppola · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Sharon, CT, USA:© Christine Young · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The spring peeper ( Pseudacris crucifer ) is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and Canada. They are so called because of their chirping call that marks the beginning of spring.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 73,209iNaturalist 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.
73,209 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied in 1838 (188 years ago).