Cricket frog
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Cricket frogs (genus Acris) are frogs in the Hylidae family, and are found in the United States, Canada and Mexico. They are highly variable in color and pattern, and are part of the the genus Pseudacris. The typical habitat for both species of Cricket Frog are bodies of shallow water, with good cover in the form of vegetation. They are named for their mating calls, which resemble the noise of a cricket.
[edit] Species
| Binomial Name and Author | Common Name |
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| Acris crepitans Baird, 1854 | Northern Cricket Frog |
| Acris gryllus (LeConte, 1825) | Southern Cricket Frog |
[edit] External Links
- 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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