Rio Grande Chirping Frogs are found in the southern tip of Texas and south down to the Mexican state of San Luis Potos. They have also been introduced to the San Antonio, Dallas-Forth Worth, Wharton, Houston and Shreveport metropolitan areas. This was probably by transport of potted plants from south Texas into those areas. Herpetologist Tom Lott says that he saw his first specimen in San Antonio in 1969. In Houston, they are very common in city parks. All the specimens photographed here are from Herman Park in Houston.

They are found in areas with moist soil such as lawns and forested areas. During daytime hours, they hide under rocks, debris and in leaf litter. In South Texas, this species if often found under trash debris. It is considered a common frog in much of its range.

Like other members of the genus Eleutherodactylus, Rio Grande Chirping Frogs undergo direct metamorphosis from egg to frog.

Diets include insects and other small arthropods.

This species was named in honor of Robert Denham Camp (1867 - 1929).

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