Scientific Name
Dryophytes chrysoscelis
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880)
Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Park Synonyms
Hyla chrysoscelis
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Deuterostomia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass | Tetrapoda |
| Class | Amphibia |
| Order | Anura |
| Family | Hylidae |
| Subfamily | Hylinae |
| Genus | Dryophytes |
| Species | Dryophytes chrysoscelis |
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Native
Abundance
Uncommon
Seasonality Tags
- Breeder
Elevation Range Tags
- Low
Habitat Tags
- terrestrial
Park Rank Tags
- Park infrequent
Taxa Group Tags
- Amphibian
Taxa Subcategory Tags
- Frog
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
71
References
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
sjd-MACA
Created Date
12/6/2000 12:00:00 AM
Last Modified By
jlcox@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
5/12/2025 5:13:28 PM
Notes
Park Species Detail: El.Site Db Code: USNPSER*17664. TNC Code: AAABC02050. ATBI Sensitivity = Public, Park Species Data Source: Great Smoky Mountains Natural History Association 1993-98 Species Notes: Not distinguished from look-alike species H. VERSICOLOR in most published literature; distinguished by chromosomes, erythrocyte size (Matson 1990), and call characteristics. Natural hybridization between H. VERSICOLOR and H. CHRYSOSCELIS has been confirme -- Occurrence recorded in database by User 163 on 10/30/2003 STATUS: Native, Breeder, Present in Park;; ; Taxonomy Notes: valid
5/12/2025- Dryophytes chrysoscelis became the accepted taxonomy for all North American true treefrogs (Crother et al. 2017). This edit swapped Hyla chrysoscelis to D. chrysoscelis.
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