Cope's Gray Treefrog
Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Amphibia |
| Order | Anura |
| Family | Hylidae |
| Genus | Dryophytes |
| Species | Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Jackson
- Georgia
- Walker
- Tennessee
- Franklin
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2022.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- N4 Apparently Secure
Subnational ranks
- West Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Florida
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Delaware
- S2 Imperiled
- Illinois
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- South Dakota
- S2 Imperiled
- Kansas
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- New Jersey
- S2 Imperiled
- Arkansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- District of Columbia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Minnesota
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Wisconsin
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Indiana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Nebraska
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Manitoba
- S4 Apparently Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Godwin, J.C. 2008. Biological inventory of the cave and karst systems of The Nature Conservancy's Sharp-Bingham Mountain Preserve. Alabama Natural Heritage Program, Auburn, Alabama, USA. 40 pp.
- Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- Niemiller, M.L. & Miller, B.T. 2009. A survey of the cave-associated herpetofauna of the eastern United States with an emphasis on salamanders. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas, USA, Volume 1: 249–256.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2409. https://cavebiology.org/species/dryophytes-chrysoscelis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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