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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataVertebrataAmphibiaAnuraHylidaeDryophytes

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

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2022.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

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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