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Amphibia    Anura    Hylidae  

Sierran Treefrog
Pseudacris sierra (Jameson, Mackey, and Richmond, 1966)

Current SSAR Comments:
Jadin et al. (2021, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132: 612–633) found that P. sierra rather than P. regilla is present in Idaho and Montana, thus greatly expanding the known range of P. sierra. See comment under P. hypochondriaca.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.09.19.11.06.12)
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: California Idaho Montana Nevada Oregon Utah

First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1923 Noble, G. Kingsley. The generic and genetic relations of Pseudacris, the swamp tree frogs. American Museum Novitates (70):1-6
1965 Snyder, Wade F. and David L Jameson. Multivariate geographic variation of mating call in populations of the Pacific Tree Frog (Hyla regilla). Copeia 1965(2):129-142
2004 Moriarty, Emily C. and David C. Cannatella. Phylogenetic relationships of the North American Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris: Hylidae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30():409-420
2005 Faivovich, J., C. F. B. Haddad, P. C. de A. Garcia, D. R. Frost, J. A. Campbell, and W. C. Wheeler. Systematic review of the frog family Hylidae, with special reference to Hylinae: A phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (294):1–240
2006 Recuero, Ernesto, Íñigo Martínez-Solano, Gabriela Parra-Olea, and Mario García-París. Phylogeography of Pseudacris regilla (Anura: Hylidae) in western North America, with a proposal for a new taxonomic rearrangement. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2):293-304
2007 Moriarty-Lemmon, Emily. Patterns and Processes of Speciation in North American Chorus Frogs (Pseudacris). Dissertation. University of Texas, Austin. 304pp.
2021 Jadin, Robert C., Sarah A. Orlofske, Tereza Jezkova, and Christopher Blair Single-locus species delimitation and ecological niche modelling provide insights into the evolution, historical distribution and taxonomy of the Pacific chorus frogs Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132(3):612-633

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