Cricket frog
genus of amphibians
The cricket frog, genus Acris, is a group of frogs in the family Hylidae. They live in North America. They spend more time in the water than other frogs in Hylidae do. They live near bodies of water that do not dry up and have plants growing on the surface. Scientists named them cricket frogs because their voices sound like crickets.
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| Acris gryllus | |
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| Genus: | Acris |
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Species
change| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Acris blanchardi (Harper, 1947) | Blanchard's Cricket Frog |
| Acris crepitans (Baird, 1854) | Northern Cricket Frog |
| Acris gryllus (LeConte, 1825) | Southern Cricket Frog |
Other websites
change- Frost, Darrel R. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Acris. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: Apr 21, 2008).
- AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Acris. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 21, 2008).
- eol - Encyclopedia of Life taxon Acris at http://www.eol.org.
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