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title: "Mountain Chorus Frog"
description: "Pseudacris brachyphona — Amphibien. The Appalachian mountain chorus frog (Pseudacris brachyphona), formerly known commonly as just the mountain chorus frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/mountain-chorus-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mountain Chorus Frog

> Pseudacris brachyphona — Amphibien. The Appalachian mountain chorus frog (Pseudacris brachyphona), formerly known commonly as just the mountain chorus frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.

- Scientific name: *Pseudacris brachyphona*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `freshwater` (See & Fluss)
- iNaturalist observations: 460
- Wikidata: [Q2705667](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2705667)
- iNaturalist taxon: [24256](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24256)

## Names

- en: Mountain Chorus Frog
- es: Rana de Coro de Montaña
- nl: Mountain Chorus Frog

## Countries with the most observations

US (372)

## Summary

The Appalachian mountain chorus frog (Pseudacris brachyphona), formerly known commonly as just the mountain chorus frog, is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. The species is native to the eastern United States. The natural habitats of P. brachyphona are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, ponds, open excavations, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss in several states, including Maryland and North Carolina, where it is listed as a species of concern.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_mountain_chorus_frog

## Photo

![Mountain Chorus Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mountain-chorus-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: no rights reserved · CC0 · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mountain_Chorus_Frog_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_123959030_on_8_December_2021.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mountain-chorus-frog?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).