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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataVertebrataAmphibiaAnuraHylidaeDryophytes

Green Treefrog
Dryophytes cinereus (Schneider, 1799)

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Vertebrata
Class Amphibia
Order Anura
Family Hylidae
Genus Dryophytes
Species Dryophytes cinereus (Schneider, 1799)

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from two counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Florida, Kentucky

Counties

Florida
Jackson
Kentucky
Edmonson

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2021.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Arkansas
S5 Secure
Illinois
S3 Vulnerable
Missouri
S4 Apparently Secure
Alabama
S5 Secure
Virginia
S4 Apparently Secure
Kentucky
S4 Apparently Secure
District of Columbia
SH Possibly Extirpated
Tennessee
S5 Secure
Maryland
S5 Secure
Mississippi
S5 Secure
Delaware
S3 Vulnerable
Indiana
S4 Apparently Secure
Georgia
S5 Secure
Oklahoma
S3 Vulnerable
Florida
S5 Secure
North Carolina
S5 Secure
South Carolina
S5 Secure
New Jersey
SNR Unranked
Texas
S5 Secure
Louisiana
S5 Secure

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Mays, J. 2018. Inventory of Florida's cave fauna with a focus on terrestrial invertebrate species. Progress Report for Florida Park Service. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 9 pp.

How to cite this account

Dryophytes cinereus (Schneider, 1799). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2410. https://cavebiology.org/species/dryophytes-cinereus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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