Pine Barrens Treefrog (Pine Barrens Treefrogs)

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Sandhills of North Carolina

Featured Herp

Pine Barrens Treefrogs
(Hyla andersonii)

Young longleaf pine	The Sandhills Habitat-- East Aiken Elementary School reached the NC sandhills on September 22, 1999. The hike from the Columbia, South Carolina area up through Cheraw (SC), past Rockingham, North Carolina, and ending near Fort Bragg (NC), traversed a different sort of scenery. The soil underfoot throughout the trek was very sandy, and even the names of places en route reflected the surrounding habitat——Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge (SC), Sand Hills State Forest (SC), Sandhills Nature Preserve (NC), Sandhills Recreation Area (NC).	Turkey oaks
	Sandhills this, sandhills that…sandhills here, sandhills there. What exactly are "the sandhills?" Obviously it is a great environment for longleaf pine, wiregrass, and turkey oaks! For more information on this interesting habitat type, download the Sandhills Fact Sheet.	Aerial view of Sandhills habitat

Pine Barrens Treefrogs
(Hyla andersonii)

Pine Barrens Treefrog Fact Sheet

The Pine Barrens Treefrog is one of seven species of treefrogs found in the Southeast. Although many of the other treefrog species have quite large geographic ranges (meaning that the species is found across a large area), Pine Barrens Treefrogs are known to occur in only a few locations spread across the Florida panhandle, a small portion of southern Alabama, isolated areas in the Carolinas, and parts of New Jersey.

The species was once considered a federally endangered species until more populations were discovered; it was removed (delisted) from the Endangered Species List in 1979.

For more information on Pine Barrens Treefrogs, fun frog facts, and frog monitoring programs, check out:

Pine Barrens Treefrogs in New Jersey

Frog photos and calls

General frog stuff

Frogwatch USA

Pine Barrens Treefrog Fact Sheet

The wetlands that Pine Barrens Treefrogs
use in the sandhills are also good habitats
for pitcher plants.