• all of Alberta except alpine habitats.

Brief Description

• small in size; pointed snout; skin with granular texture; dark stripe extending from snout and passing through orbital region.

Habitat

• lakes, slow flowing water, oxbows of larger rivers; in or along water margin; overwintering in mud under water.

Feeding

• omnivore, feeding on both plant and animal matter.

Reproduction

• spawning in April to June or July.

Status in Alberta

• GREEN LIST

Other Internet Resources

• boreal chorus frog: Amphibians of Alberta Page, Alberta Environmental Protection

• Pseudacris triseriata : The Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

• Pseudacris triseriata : An Introduction to the Natural History of Frogs and Toads of Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH, USA

• Pseudacris triseriata : Reptiles and Amphibians of North Dakota, Northern Prairie Science Center, Jamestown, ND, USA

References

• Anonymous. 1996. The status of Alberta wildlife. Wildlife Management Division Report. Alberta Environmental Protection, Govertment of Alberta.

• Russell, A. P., and A. M. Bauer. in press. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Alberta: A Field Guide and Primer of Boreal Herpetology. University of Calgary Press. 2nd Edition.