Cricket frog

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.

Species
Binomial Name and Author Common Name Acris blanchardi   Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris crepitans   Northern Cricket Frog Acris gryllus   Southern Cricket Frog

Other websites
. 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).
 [web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Acris. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Apr 21, 2008).
 taxon Acris at http://www.eol.org.

Category:Frogs of North America