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Rio Grande Chirping Frog

Eleutherodactylus campi

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 162, February 155, March 176, April 335, May 205, June 125, July 136, August 140, September 154, October 146, November 152, December 148.
Texas3,747
United States1,948
Mexico96
Louisiana62
Nuevo Leon54
Tamaulipas40
Mississippi27
North Carolina7
South Carolina7
Alabama1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassAmphibians · Amphibia
OrderFrogs and Toads · Anura
FamilyRain Frogs · Eleutherodactylidae
GenusRain Frogs · Eleutherodactylus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rio Grande Chirping Frog with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.