Identification Guide for Amphibians and Reptiles in Arkansas
Pseudacris crucifer Spring Peeper
Small. Color varying shades of tan and brown. Darker cross pattern on back. Toe pads sticky. Call in early spring a loud peep.
Arkansas Herpetological Atlas 2019
This species is represented by 962 records from 33 sources: 818 museum (), 0 literature (), 0 research (), and 72 observation (), with 72 additional Trauth et al. (2004) locality points remaining unsourced (). It has been museum vouchered for 59 of 75 counties (), with 12 additional counties having other forms of reported occurrence (). Years of collection range from 1922 to present.
This species is common nearly statewide, with an absence of records from large portions of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain in eastern Arkansas.