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title: "Spring Peeper"
description: "Pseudacris crucifer — Płazy. The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and eastern Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/spring-peeper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spring Peeper

> Pseudacris crucifer — Płazy. The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and eastern Canada.

- Scientific name: *Pseudacris crucifer*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 71862
- Wikidata: [Q135015](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135015)
- iNaturalist taxon: [24268](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24268)

## Names

- en: Spring Peeper
- de: Wasserpfeifer
- fr: Rainette crucifère
- nl: Kruisboomkikker

## Countries with the most observations

US (49403), CA (15361)

## Summary

The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and eastern Canada. It prefers permanent ponds due to its advantage in avoiding predation; however, it is very adaptable with respect to the habitat it can live in. In northern regions, the frog is able to endure below freezing temperatures due to the capacity of its liver to exude and flush the bloodstream with a glucose cryoprotectant which acts both as an anti-freeze in its blood, and allows organs like the heart to enter into a state of protected dormancy. The peeper earned its name from its chirping…

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

## Photo

![Spring Peeper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spring-peeper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Eric R. Anderson, PhD · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152097020

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/spring-peeper?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).