Boreal Chorus Frog
Pseudacris maculata
Snout-Vent Length: 1 .9 - 3.7 cm (record 4.0 cm)
Identification: small, delicate frog with a high variation in coloration that ranges from gray, brown, or green; back with three pale stripes that may be broken, reduced to spots, or absent; distinct dark stripe runs through eye and down side of body; toes have small round tips
Call: sounds similar to running your fingernail down the teeth of a pocket comb
Habitat: most widely distributed frog in Alberta, it occurs in ponds, marshes and lakes in grassland, parkland, and forest ecoregions
Cool Facts: Alberta's only treefrog; it has small disks on the tips of the toes that aid in climbing
