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spring peeper
noun
: a small brown tree frog (Pseudacris crucifer synonym Hyla crucifer) of the eastern U.S. and Canada that has a shrill piping call and breeds in ponds and streams in the spring
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All amphibians are threatened by wetland destruction, but spring peepers are widespread here.
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Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
In the pitch-black night, the sounds of spring peepers filling the air, headlamps twinkle in the distance as Chris Neri and Nova Mackentley stroll through a half-mile loop of woods at the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
—Ryan Garza, Freep.com, 8 May 2023
With a chorus of spring peepers calling, expedition leader Bryan Windmiller, director of field conservation at Zoo New England, gave instructions for the group to spread out and begin the search.
—Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
Wisconsin has eleven species of frogs: American bullfrog, Blanchard's cricket frog, boreal chorus frog, Cope's gray treefrog, gray treefrog, green frog, mink frog, northern leopard frog, pickerel frog, spring peeper and wood frog; as well as one toad, the American toad.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
The spring peeper found in the South, the P. c. bartramiana, thrives from southeastern Texas across the Gulf Coast into northern Florida and Georgia.
—Tom Sater, CNN, 31 Mar. 2021
The spring peeper can fit on a quarter and can grow to 1.5 inches long.
—Tom Sater, CNN, 31 Mar. 2021
Amanda West’s favorite sound is the chorus created by spring peeper frogs.
—Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2020
The air resonated with the trilling of spring peepers seeking mates; a pool may contain thousands.
—Brandon Keim, New York Times, 18 May 2020
Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
In the pitch-black night, the sounds of spring peepers filling the air, headlamps twinkle in the distance as Chris Neri and Nova Mackentley stroll through a half-mile loop of woods at the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
—Ryan Garza, Freep.com, 8 May 2023
With a chorus of spring peepers calling, expedition leader Bryan Windmiller, director of field conservation at Zoo New England, gave instructions for the group to spread out and begin the search.
—Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
Wisconsin has eleven species of frogs: American bullfrog, Blanchard's cricket frog, boreal chorus frog, Cope's gray treefrog, gray treefrog, green frog, mink frog, northern leopard frog, pickerel frog, spring peeper and wood frog; as well as one toad, the American toad.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2021
The spring peeper found in the South, the P. c. bartramiana, thrives from southeastern Texas across the Gulf Coast into northern Florida and Georgia.
—Tom Sater, CNN, 31 Mar. 2021
The spring peeper can fit on a quarter and can grow to 1.5 inches long.
—Tom Sater, CNN, 31 Mar. 2021
Amanda West’s favorite sound is the chorus created by spring peeper frogs.
—Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2020
The air resonated with the trilling of spring peepers seeking mates; a pool may contain thousands.
—Brandon Keim, New York Times, 18 May 2020
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