Northern Cricket Frog

Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) nestled in dry leaves.
Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)

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  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Amphibia
  • Order: Anura
  • Family: Hylidae
  • Genus: Acris
  • Species: crepitans
 

Skin rough and greenish-brown, yellow, reddish, pinkish, or black in color with a dark triangle between the eyes. Longitudinal stripes along back of thigh;edges of stripe ragged, not clean cut. Anal warts present. Snout rounded or blunt. Webbing on hind feet extensive, reaching tip of first toe and next to last joint of longest toe. Legs relatively short: when legs extended forward along side of body, the heel usually fails to reach snout (compared to Southern Cricket Frogs, Acris. gryllus, where the heel generally extends beyond the snout).

Size

1.6 to 3.8 cm long (½" to 1 ½")

Similar Species

Southern Cricket Frog Acris gryllus.

Breeds

April to August.

Habitat

Uses sunny wet areas;shallow ponds or slow-moving streams, with good vegetative cover on edges or in the water.

Behavior

Diurnal.

Voice

Call sounds like string of "gick, gick, gick, gick" sounds repeated for 20 - 30 beats. Call starts slowly and picks up speed as it continues. The sound is similar to two pebbles being hit against each other.

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Last updated: March 11, 2019

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