Cricket Frog facts for kids
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The cricket frog, genus Acris, is a small small, North American frog of the family Hylidae. They stay more in water than other members of the family and generally live near permanent bodies of water with surface vegetation. The common and scientific names refer to their call, which resembles that of a cricket.
Species
| 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 |
- 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.
See also
In Spanish: Acris para niños
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