NEW CHORUS FROG DISCOVERED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL UNITED STATES

Complete Title: A New North American Chorus Frog Species (Pseudacris: Hylidae:
Amphibia) from the South-Central United States
Authors: Emily M. Lemmon, Alan R. Lemmon, Joseph T. Collins, and David C. Cannatella
Journal where published: Zootaxa 1675: 1-30 (2008)

A new North American chorus frog has been discovered and officially described in the
journal Zootaxa. Dubbed the CAJUN CHORUS FROG by its discoverer's, the small one-inch
amphibian is known from western Mississippi, all of Louisiana and Arkansas, eastern
Texas and Oklahoma, and extreme southern Missouri (Ripley County). It ranges to within a
few miles of the Kansas border in eastern Oklahoma. The new species has a distinct call,
distinct appearance, and is distinct genetically based on analysis of DNA evidence. The
scientific name of this new chorus frog is Pseudacris fouquettei (pronounced Sue-Day-
Kris, Foe-Kett-Tie), named for Martin J. Fouquette, a retired professor of biology at
Arizona State University and well-known herpetologist, whose earlier research on these
amphibians paved the way for those that followed.

The last new species of frog discovered in the United States was the Florida Bog Frog (Rana
okaloosae), officially described as new to science in 1985 by Paul E. Moler.

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