Reptile
Pacific Tree Frog
Pseudacris regilla
Photo: The High Fin Sperm Whale, CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Names
Small Green Tree Frog
Habitat
Camp Chopunnish
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1806-05-30
Observed At
Fort Clatsop, near present-day Astoria, Oregon
Common and widespread, Pacific treefrogs may be heard calling even in developed areas with suitable moist habitats.
In the NPS atlas of species the expedition described
Pacific treefrog
Observed while at Camp Chopunnish. Common and widespread, Pacific treefrogs may be heard calling even in developed areas with suitable moist habitats.
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
Recent sightings
Where it’s being seen today
2 research-grade iNaturalist observations between 2020–2020. Most recent: 2020-07-28. Sourced from Terrain360 trail captures, cached locally.
Journal References
9 journal entries mention Pacific Tree Frog
Jul
1
1804
Clark: July 1, 1804
... Grapes, (2) pass a Creek on the L. S. called remore (Tree
Frog) Creek, an Isd above in the Mid. and 2 Willow Isds on the S. S. all
of the Same name; The two Will...
Jul
1
1804
Missouri River near Leavenworth area — Charles Floyd: July 1, 1804
...d Biscuit C. High Land passed a Creek on the S. Side
Called Frog Tree Creek a Pond on the N S. Called the Same
name Good water made 124 miles camp‘ on an Is‘ ne...
Aug
2
1804
Lewis: August 2, 1804
...inhabitant of ponds and Marasses, and feeds upon tadpoles,
frogs, small fish &cthey are common to the Mississipi and the
lower part of the ohio River, (ie) as hig...
Apr
15
1805
Lewis: April 15, 1805
...d by this rivulet where it entered the bottom, I heard
the frogs crying for the first time this season; their note was the same
with that of the small frogs which...
Mar
29
1806
Lewis: March 29, 1806
...ing about in different directions through the
praries. the frogs are croaking in the swams and marhes; their notes do
not differ from those of the Atlantic States...
May
29
1806
Clark: May 29, 1806
...Surface of the body. the belly
and throat is more like the frog and are of a light yellowish brown
Colour. around the edge of the belly is regularly Set with litt...
May
29
1806
Lewis: May 29, 1806
...urface of the
body. the belley and throat is more like the frog and are of a light
yelowish brown colour. arround the edge of the belley is regularly set
with li...
May
30
1806
Clark: May 30, 1806
...mmon black Lizzard, the horned Lizzard, a small green
tree-frog; the Same frog which is common to our Country which Sings in the
Spring of the year. a large Speci...
May
30
1806
Lewis: May 30, 1806
...ommon black
lizzard, the horned lizzard, a smal green tree frog, the smal frog which
is common to our country which sings in the spring of the year, a large
spec...
