Barking Treefrog
Dryophytes gratiosus (LeConte, 1856)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Amphibia |
| Order | Anura |
| Family | Hylidae |
| Genus | Dryophytes |
| Species | Dryophytes gratiosus (LeConte, 1856) |
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, Georgia
Counties
- Florida
- Jackson
- Georgia
- Walker
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2022.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Tennessee
- S3 Vulnerable
- Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- Louisiana
- S3 Vulnerable
- NJ
- SNA Not Applicable
- DE
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- South Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Kentucky
- S3 Vulnerable
- Florida
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Mississippi
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
- 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 gratiosus (LeConte, 1856). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2411. https://cavebiology.org/species/dryophytes-gratiosus/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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