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Little grass frog

Pseudacris ocularis (Holbrook, 1838)

LCLeast Concernfrogs and toads

The little grass frog (Pseudacris ocularis) is a species in the family Hylidae, order Anura. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Little grass frog (Pseudacris ocularis)
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Quick facts about the little grass frog

Weight
Not recorded
Length
up to 1.75 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
arthropodssrc for Main food
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
100 – 232src for Young per litter or clutch
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the little grass frog live?

Not recorded

What is the little grass frog?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The little grass frog (Pseudacris ocularis) is a species of chorus frog endemic to the Southeastern United States. It is currently the smallest North American anuran and occurs in a wide variety of ephemeral and semi-permanent wetlands.

From the Wikipedia article “Little grass frog” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Little_grass_frog&oldid=1383383168), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the little grass frog endangered?

The little grass frog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the little grass frog classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAmphibia
  4. orderAnura
  5. familyHylidae
  6. genusPseudacris
  7. SpeciesPseudacris ocularis (Holbrook, 1838)

Synonyms Acris ocularis, Chorophilus angulatus, Chorophilus ocularis, Cystignathus ocularis, Hylodes ocularis, Limnaoedus ocularis, Pseudacris ocularis

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Black-spotted tree frogEnglish
  • Black-spotted tree frogEnglish
  • Least tree frogEnglish
  • Least tree frogEnglish
  • Little chorus frogEnglish
  • Little chorus frogEnglish

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the little grass frog

Other species in the same genus Pseudacris.

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Common questions

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Is the little grass frog endangered?

The little grass frog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What does the little grass frog eat?

Its recorded main food is arthropods.

What kind of animal is the little grass frog?

The little grass frog (Pseudacris ocularis) belongs to the family Hylidae in the order Anura.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Little grass frog (Pseudacris ocularis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/little-grass-frog

MLA

“Little grass frog (Pseudacris ocularis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/little-grass-frog.

BibTeX
@misc{little_grass_frog_2026,
  title = {Little grass frog (Pseudacris ocularis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/little-grass-frog},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}