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Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and Canada. They are so called because of their chirping call that marks the beginning of spring. There are two subspecies: \n* The northern, P. c. crucifer, found all over the eastern USA and eastern Canada. \n* The southern, P. c. bartramiana. The southern is distinguished by a strong dark marking on its belly. P. c. bartramiana is found along the southern Gulf Coast from southeastern Texas to northern Florida and southern Georgia.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
25
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.88
EDGE Score: 2.39
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Attributes

Gestation [2]  10 days
Hibernates [1]  Yes
Litter Size [2]  700
Litters / Year [3]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  5 years
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  1.457 inches (3.7 cm)
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Temporary Pools
Adult Weight [2]  4 grams
Diet [1]  Carnivore
Female Maturity [2]  2 years 6 months
Male Maturity [2]  2 years 6 months
Habitat Substrate [1]  Arboreal

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Parasitized by 
Agamascaris odontocephala <Unverified Name>[6]
Centrorhynchus cystacanth <Unverified Name>[6]
Rhabdias ranae[6]

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♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 4Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
♦ 5Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0