Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans and Acris gryllus
Listen to the Call of the Northern Cricket Frog
Listen to the Call of the Southern Cricket Frog ...
Florida Cricket Frog
Acris gryllus dorsalis
There's not much difference between this little frog and the Southern Cricket Frog (gryllus gryllus) - this one has two dark stripes on the rear of the thigh, ...
Eastern Cricket Frog
Sighting:
Little Swan Creek, Meriwether Lewis Site, Lewis County, Tennessee ...
Nothern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans ssp.)
Description
Habitats
Habits and Life History
Prey and Hunting Techniques ...
Cricket frogs generally live on the edges of shallow ponds and streams with good vegetation in the water and along the shore.
They are active during daylight. Most are insectivores. In turn, cricket frogs are eaten by herons, fish, snakes and minks.
Cricket frogs usually emerge from hibernation in late March to early April and breed from mid-May to mid-July.
Cricket frogs are tolerant of disturbance. They frequently inhabit man-made or man-modified situations such as gravel pits or farm ponds, as well as more pristine habitats.
Florida Cricket Frog - Acris gryllus dorsalis:
Two dark stripes on rear of thigh.
No anal warts
Natural History: ...
Northern Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans
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Status This species is listed as a species of special concern in Minnesota. Description This is one of Minnesota's smallest frog species. Adults are from 5/8 to 1 1/2 inches snout to vent length.
Southern Cricket Frogs are very common tiny frogs of shallow water (puddles, ditches, pond margins).
Northern Cricket Frog
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Northern Cricket Frog
(Acris crepitans)
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Adams ...
Northern Cricket Frogs
Acris crepitans blanchardi
American Toads
Bufo americanus ...
Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)
DESCRIPTION: 5/8 -1 3/8 inches. Dark stripe on thigh often not clean-cut. may have ragged edges. Blunt head and short hind leg.
Northern Cricket Frog
Scientific Name: Acris crepitans
Size: 0.5-1.5 inches (1.6-3.5 cm) in length
PA Status: Species of special concern ...
Southern Cricket Frog (Acris gryllus)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted
Hear call ...
Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans blanchardi
photo by Jeff Davis ...
The Florida Cricket Frog, Acris gryllus dorsalis, is found in wetlands statewide. It usually has a brown back and speckled white underside though coloring and markings vary. It reaches a length of 1.3".
Florida Cricket Frog - Acris gryllus dorsalis
Coastal Plain (Southern) Cricket Frog - Acris gryllus gryllus
Ascaphus truei - Tailed Frog
Genus Bufo - Toads ...
Northern cricket frogs are thought to hibernate in crayfish burrows and cracks in pond banks (Irwin et al. 1999). They emerge from winter dormancy in late April. Breeding is stimulated by rain, and occurs from late May to July (Burkett 1984).
Northern Cricket Frog
Description: Northern cricket frogs (Acris crepitans) are 0.5 - 1.5 inches long.
Northern Cricket Frog - Acris crepitans
This is a very small frog that is brown with stripes on legs and green spotting. Formerly found on L.I. and S.I. in wetland habitats.
coastal plain cricket frog (Acris gryllus gryllus)
common mudpuppy (Necturus maculosus maculosus)
Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
Cow Knob salamander (Plethodon punctatus)
Cumberland Plateau salamander (Plethodon kentucki) ...
Acris is the Cricket Frog genus, the Greek 'κρις (Akris) referred to a type of locust (see Strongs Lexicon). It probably is in reference to the mating chorus somewhat resembling a chorus of crickets.
Frog Northern Leopard Frog Pickerel Frog River Frog Hylidae - Treefrogs and Allies Green Treefrog Pine Barrens Treefrog Squirrel Treefrog Pinewoods Treefrog Gray Treefrog (Hyla versicolor) Cuan Treefrog Spring Peeper Northern Cricket Frog ...
Food
main food is amphibians (especially the Cricket Frog - Acris crepitans), sometimes eats fish and tadpoles, rarely eats lizards and insects .
Breeding
Bears live young ...
A few members of the family, such as the North American cricket frog (Acris crepitans), are not arboreal. Tree frogs are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Amphibia, order Anura, family Hylidae.
 See also: Northern Cricket Frog, Peeper, Spring Peeper, Leopard, Treefrog
  
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