They inhabit marshes, fens, and wet prairies near permanent or flowing water. In lakes and ponds they prefer aquatic sites where submergent vegetation grows along the shorelines. They need soft muddy bottoms to hibernate in through the winter. Habits Cricket frogs live mostly on the edges of ponds and streams with submerged or emergent vegetation. Look for them sitting on aquatic plants or sitting at the water's edge.
Cricket frogs can leap great distances, despite their small size.
With long legs that are over half of their extended body length, cricket frogs can jump more than three feet. Cricket frogs are cold-blooded. This means that they cannot maintain a steady body temperature like birds and mammals. To survive Wisconsin's freezing winters, they hibernate from late November until late March. Their distinctive mating call sounds like steel marbles clicking together.