Cricket frog
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- For the Asian species called "Cricket Frog", see Fejervarya limnocharis.
"Acris" redirects here. For the Romanian village of Acriş, see Vama Buzăului.
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| Acris gryllus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Hylidae |
| Genus: | Acris Duméril & Bibron, 1841 |
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Cricket frogs, genus Acris, are small, North American frogs of the family Hylidae. They are more aquatic than other members of the family and are generally associated with permanent bodies of water with surface vegetation. The common and scientific names refer to their call, which resembles that of a cricket.
[edit] 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 |
[edit] Notes
- 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.
[edit] External links
Data related to Acris at Wikispecies 
Media related to Acris at Wikimedia Commons
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