2025 MURAL SPECIES!
boreal
chorus frog
Pseudacris maculata
STATUS:
US STATUS: No Status/Not Listed
MI STATUS: SC - Special Concern
Description:
The Boreal Chorus Frog is a small, brown, reddish, tan, gray or olive frog (adult length 1.9-3.8 cm/0.75-1.5 in) with three dark, sometimes broken, stripes on its back. The Boreal Chorus Frog lacks dorsolateral folds on its back. There also is a distinctive white or cream-colored stripe along the upper lip bordered above by a dark stripe from the nostril through the eye and along the side of the body. The breeding call of a Boreal Chorus Frog is a short, rising, scratchy "cree-ee-ee-ee-eek" which has been compared to the sound made when running a thumbnail down the teeth of a fine-toothed comb. The Boreal Chorus Frog has shorter hind legs, greenish back stripes and a longer and slower breeding call than the Western Chorus Frog.
Habitat and Occurrence
If you’re looking to find a Boreal Chorus Frog for yourself, check within the following ecosystems within the green counties on the map!
• Bog
• Boreal forest
All information on this page is generously provided by the Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI). For more information about Boreal Chorus Frogs - visit the species description here: mnfi.anr.msu.edu/boreal-chorus-frog. To learn more about Michigan’s biodiversity, ecological communities and natural heritage, visit mnfi.anr.msu.edu
get involved with boreal chorus frog conservation!
While there are currently no Community Science projects specifically operating to benefit the preservation of Boreal Chorus Frogs in Michigan, there are many organizations who work to protect the habitats where they reside! Volunteer with some of these organizations and help protect the habitat that Boreal Chorus Frogs need in order to survive. If you are interested in participating in a Community Science project that supports our broader understanding of frogs in the United States, you can participate in Frogwatch USA!
report an observation
MNFI stewards the Michigan Natural Heritage Database and track observations of some of Michigan’s rarest forms of life to fully understand the population and range of rare species to protect biodiversity in Michigan. If you have encountered a Boreal Chorus Frog, you can share the location information with these trusted conservation professionals here: mnfi.anr.msu.edu/species/report