Taxonomy chapter for Peeper, spring (020071)

Phylum
Chordata
 
Subphylum
Vertebrata
 
Class
Amphibia
 
Subclass
Lissamphibia
 
Species Order
Anura
 
Species Suborder
Neobatrachia
 
Family
Hylidae
 
SubFamily
N/A
 
Genus
Pseudacris
 
Species
crucifer
 
Subspecies
N/A
 
Authority
(Wied-Neuwied, 1838)
 
ITIS-TSN
207303
 
Taxonomy Comments
This species was shifted from the genus Hyla to the genus Pseudacris in 1997 *11280*. The herpetofaunal taxonomic authority (Crother et al, 2008, online updated edition, accessed on 1/19/12) recently rejected the subspecies name for this species. Thus, the common and scientific names of this species were updated to reflect the elimination of the subspecies name. The common and scientific names of this species were northern spring peeper, Pseudacris crucifer crucifer, but the names are now spring peeper, P. crucifer.
 
References for Taxonomy
Ref.Id Citation
1008 Barbour, R.W., 1971, Amphibians and reptiles of Kentucky, 334 pgs., Univ. of Kentucky Press, Lexington, KY
11280 Collins, J.T., ed., 1997, Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians and reptiles, Herpetological Circular #25, 40 pp. pgs., Soc. for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Lawrence, KS