Listen to the Spring peeper
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About the Spring peeper
The Spring peeper is a amphibian in the family Hylidae (order Anura). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Spring peeper sound like?
Male frogs and toads call by pushing air over their vocal cords into a vocal sac that acts as a resonator. Each species has its own call, so choruses can be identified by ear – and calling peaks on warm, wet nights.
The recordings here are labelled as springpeepers. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and eastern Canada. It prefers permanent ponds due to its advantage in avoiding predation; however, it is very adaptable with respect to the habitat it can live in. In northern regions, the frog is able to endure below freezing temperatures due to the capacity of its liver to exude and flush the bloodstream with a glucose cryoprotectant which acts both as an anti-freeze in its blood, and allows organs like the heart to enter into a state of protected dormancy. The peeper earned its name from its chirping call, which marks the beginning of spring. Crucifer is derived from the Latin root meaning "cross-bearing", a reference to the cross-like pattern on the spring peeper's dorsal side.
Related frogs & amphibians in the genus Pseudacris
More from the family Hylidae
European tree frog
Hyla arborea
American green tree frog
Hyla cinerea
Gray treefrog
Hyla versicolor
Dryophytes gratiosus
Hyla gratiosa
Southern brown tree frog
Litoria ewingii
Cope's gray treefrog
Hyla chrysoscelis
Southern cricket frog
Acris gryllus
Javelin frog
Litoria microbelos
Bird-voiced tree frog
Hyla avivoca
Eastern dwarf tree frog
Litoria fallax
Scinax granulatus
Scinax granulatus
Frequently asked questions
What does a Spring peeper sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Spring peeper on this page, including its springpeepers. Male frogs and toads call by pushing air over their vocal cords into a vocal sac that acts as a resonator.
Is the Spring peeper endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Spring peeper as “least concern”.
What family does the Spring peeper belong to?
The Spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) belongs to the family Hylidae in the order Anura.
Sources & credits
- Springpeepers by User:Mdf , edits by user:Borisblue – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) and Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog (Lithobates… by Ryan Hodnett – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) - Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey… by Ryan Hodnett – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) - Plainsboro Township, New Jersey 2023-04-17 by Ryan Hodnett – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) and Atlantic Coast Leopard Frogs (Lithobates… by Ryan Hodnett – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Spring Peepers (Pseudacris crucifer) - Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey… by Ryan Hodnett – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q135015 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Spring peeper – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by USGS – Public domain