Spring peeper

The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and Canada. They are so called because of their chirping call that marks the beginning of spring. There are two subspecies: (Source: Wikipedia, 'Spring peeper', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_peeper, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Ty Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ty Smith)

Writers have compared the song of the spring peeper frog to distant sleigh bells or silver pipes, but to the tiny frogs themselves, they are mating calls. To us, they are a sign of spring.

Northern Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)

Spring Peeper

Thousands Of Singing Spring Peepers Are A Welcome Sound Of Normalcy Here In Wisconsin #Wisconsin #animals

On a recent hike on Fernalds Neck Preserve on Megunticook Lake, I heard a loud “peep” from amid the trees. My first thought was “Swainson’s Thrush.” While the song of this Maine breeding bird is a complex series of flute-like notes, its call note, which is what we’d be hearing now during the early weeks of fall migration, sounds a lot like that of a Spring Peeper. And I certainly wouldn’t be hearing a Spring Peeper on a humid morning in September.

Pseudacris crucifer crucifer

These frogs are known for singing in the spring season, but you may not ever spot one.

Have a peak at the spring peeper. Learn how this seldom-seen frog’s familiar song celebrates the arrival of spring each year.

Tree Frog (Hylidae family) / July, Habersham Co., Georgia, USA / Copyright ©2013 by William Tanneberger - All Rights Reserved. Northern Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) Rural Habersham Co., GA (Homewoods)