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Cricket frog

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Anura

Scientific name
  
Acris

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Hylidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Northern cricket frog, Southern cricket frog

Blanchard s cricket frog calling


Cricket frogs, genus Acris, are small, North American frogs of the family Hylidae. They are more aquatic than other members of the family, and are generally associated with permanent bodies of water with surface vegetation. The common and scientific names refer to their call, which resembles that of a cricket.

Contents

Cricket frog Cricket frog Wikipedia

Acris crepitans northern cricket frog


Species

Cricket frog Northern Cricket Frog Acris crepitans

  • A. crepitans (Baird, 1854) – northern cricket frog
  • A. c. blanchardi (Harper, 1947)- Blanchard's cricket frog
  • A. c. crepitans (Baird, 1854) - eastern cricket frog
  • A. c. paludicola (Burger, Smith and Smith, 1949) - coastal cricket frog
  • A. gryllus (LeConte, 1825) - southern cricket frog

    • Cricket frog Northern Cricket Frog Acris crepitans

    Cricket frog Northern Cricket Frog Acris crepitans Not Crickets But Frogs

    Cricket frog Species Profile Southern Cricket Frog Acris gryllus SREL

    References

    Cricket frog Wikipedia
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