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Acris crepitans Harper, 1947 Blanchards cricket frog; Northern cricket frog; Coastal cricket frog

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Identification

According to J.D. Willson at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Acris crepitans and Acris gryllus can be quite difficult to tell apart in the field. The most certain way to tell them apart for sure is by their calls. If a frog is from well up into the Piedmont or mountains, it is quite safe to call it A. crepitans. If it is close the the fault line, be tentative about an identification that is not based on hearing calls.

Names

Scientific source:       Integrated Taxonomic Information System

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Northern Cricket Frogs - Acris crepitans Diagnostic Features: Size: 0.5 to 1.5 inches (16 to 35 mm) Color: Gray-brown, with black, green, or yellow Other: Small frog with blunt head Ragged dark stripe on rear of thigh Pair of prominent, subanal, white tubercles Characteristic triangle on top of the head pointing backward Short hind legs when brought forward, heal of leg will not reach snout Extensively webbed toes, 1st toe completely webbed, only 1 1/2 to 2 joints of 4th (longest) toe free of webbing. White line from eye to the base of the foreleg Differes from the Southern Cricket Frog by having a more robust build, more webbing between the toes, a less sharply defined dark stripe on the back of the thigh and a pair of proment, subanal, white tubercles. Natural History: Habitat: Prefer margins of shallow ponds, ditches or marshy areas with vegetation and full sun. Behavior: These frogs are diurnal and active all year. They can be seen basking in the sunlight. When threatened, they will jump quickly away or into the water. A poorer jumper than the Southern Cricket Frog Breeding: April - July Breed in warm weather in shallow water Eggs are laid singly or in small groups attached to stems or scattered on the bottom Voice: Sonogram - Call ( White, Lamar, Butts, & Monroe Counties ) Spring Peepers , Fowler's Toads , Cope's Gray Treefrogs & Green/Bronze Frogs in background Sharp tinkley click Repetitive sharp clicking call, similar to that made by clicking small stones together Speed of call begins at about one click per second, then increases and continues for 20-30 beats. A chorus slowly builds into a unified galloping sound. Tadpoles: Normally a distinctive black tail tip Transformed size: 14 mm Transformation in late summer LTRF 2/2; narrow midventral gap in marginal papillae absent; eyes dorsal spiracular tube short, not projecting as tube free from body wall; often dark band across chest; summer breeder, most commonly along edges of permanent lentic or slow-flowing lotic sites from Atlantic Ocean to eastern Colorado and New Mexico and north to central Wisconsin Range: In North America, this species has a broad range extending through most of the Southern and Midwestern United States. Range shown is that of the Eastern subspecies - Acris crepitans crepitans In Georgia, they are found throughout most of the state, more common in the north. In Light Blue : Williamson, Gerald K. & Moulis, Robert A., Distribution of Amphibians and Reptiles in Georgia, Special Publication No. 3, Savannah Science Museum, Inc. Savannah, Georgia, 1994. Museum specimens In Pale Blue : Williamson, Gerald K. & Moulis, Robert A., Distribution of Amphibians and Reptiles in Georgia, Special Publication No. 3, Savannah Science Museum, Inc. Savannah, Georgia, 1994 Literature only, no museum specimens. In Green : Sound Recordings In Yellow : From Both '94 study and Sound Recordings In Magenta : Photograph, not found by '94, may or may not be sound record In Medium Blue : Photograph and in '94 study, may or may not be sound record  In Orange : County Record by other Herp Atlas Volunteers In Red : US Distribution from various sources May 25, 2008 - wwknapp@mindspring.com

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USGS Home Contact USGS Search USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Checklist of Amphibian Species and Identification Guide Northern Cricket Frog, Acris crepitans Northern Cricket Frogs are small warty skinned frogs reaching maximum lengths of around 1 1/2 inches. All Cricket Frogs ( Acris ) are characterized by a triangle on their head between their eyes, so this is not a useful characteristic for distinguishing the different species and subspecies among them. Even some Chorus Frogs ( Pseudacris ) tend to have a dark triangle between the eyes. There are three subspecies of the Northern Cricket Frog ( Acris crepitans ): Blanchard's Cricket Frog , A. c. blanchardi Eastern Cricket Frog , A. c. crepitans Coastal Cricket Frog , A. c. paludicola Note that in most field guides the subspecies referred to here as the "Eastern" Cricket Frog is usually called the "Northern". This change follows Crother (2000), where it is suggested that names be standardized in a manner that gives the species a common name that is different from its subspecies' common names. These photos are all Blanchard's Cricket Frog. Thes photos are of the Eastern Cricket Frog, Acris crepitans crepitans . Reference: Crother B.I. (ed.) 2000. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding. SSAR Herpetological Circular 29. iii + 82 pp. This publication may be purchased from the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR). Notice:   All images contained hereafter are the property of the said photographer. They are not to be reproduced, copied, printed, stored, or distributed without written permission of the photographer . Return to checklist:   family/species   species only Return to Contents NPWRC Home  |  Site Map  |  About Us  |  Staff  |  Search  |  Contact  |  Web Help  |  Copyright Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/herps/amphibid/species/crepitan.htm Page Contact Information: npwrc@usgs.gov Page Last Modified: August 3, 2006

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CalPhotos     Photo Database   Number of matches : 24 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Acris crepitans%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Animal") ORDER BY taxon Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement UCMP specimen card ID: 2222 0904 0021 0021 [detail] © University of California Museum of Paleontology UCMP specimen card ID: 2222 0904 0021 0022 [detail] © University of California Museum of Paleontology UCMP specimen card ID: 2222 0904 0021 0023 [detail] © University of California Museum of Paleontology UCMP specimen card ID: 2222 0904 0021 0024 [detail] © University of California Museum of Paleontology UCMP specimen card ID: 2222 0904 0021 0025 [detail] © University of California Museum of Paleontology UCMP specimen card ID: 2222 0904 0021 0026 [detail] © University of California Museum of Paleontology UCMP specimen card ID: 2222 0904 0021 0027 [detail] © University of California Museum of Paleontology UCMP specimen card ID: 2222 0904 0021 0028 [detail] © University of California Museum of Paleontology UCMP specimen card ID: 2222 0904 0021 0029 [detail] © University of California Museum of Paleontology Acris crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0709 1166 [detail] © 2009 John P. Clare Acris crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0909 2120 [detail] © 2009 James W. Beck Acris crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0909 2121 [detail] © 2009 James W. Beck Acris crepitans blanchardi Blanchard's Cricket Frog (tadpole) ID: 1111 1111 1111 8309 [detail] © 2009 James H. Harding Acris crepitans blanchardi Blanchard's Cricket Frog ID: 1111 1111 1111 8310 [detail] © 2009 James H. Harding Acris crepitans blanchardi Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0609 1551 [detail] © 2009 Gonçalo M. Rosa Acris crepitans blanchardi Northern Cricket Frog ID: 1111 1111 1111 8785 [detail] © 2009 Gonçalo M. Rosa Acris crepitans crepitans Eastern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0902 0249 [detail] © 2002 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0403 0118 [detail] © 2003 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0401 0016 [detail] © 2001 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0401 0015 [detail] © 2001 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog Egg Mass ID: 0000 0000 0702 0079 [detail] © 2002 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Eastern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0902 0248 [detail] © 2002 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0505 0894 [detail] © 2005 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0707 0632 [detail] © 2007 Nathan Nazdrowicz Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .    Copyright © 1995-2009 UC Regents. All rights reserved. CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley

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CalPhotos     Photo Database   Number of matches : 4 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Acris crepitans blanchardi%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Animal") ORDER BY taxon Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement Acris crepitans blanchardi Blanchard's Cricket Frog (tadpole) ID: 1111 1111 1111 8309 [detail] © 2009 James H. Harding Acris crepitans blanchardi Blanchard's Cricket Frog ID: 1111 1111 1111 8310 [detail] © 2009 James H. Harding Acris crepitans blanchardi Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0609 1551 [detail] © 2009 Gonçalo M. Rosa Acris crepitans blanchardi Northern Cricket Frog ID: 1111 1111 1111 8785 [detail] © 2009 Gonçalo M. Rosa Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .    Copyright © 1995-2009 UC Regents. All rights reserved. CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley

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CalPhotos     Photo Database   Number of matches : 8 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Acris crepitans crepitans%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Animal") ORDER BY taxon Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement Acris crepitans crepitans Eastern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0902 0249 [detail] © 2002 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0403 0118 [detail] © 2003 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0401 0016 [detail] © 2001 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0401 0015 [detail] © 2001 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog Egg Mass ID: 0000 0000 0702 0079 [detail] © 2002 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Eastern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0902 0248 [detail] © 2002 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0505 0894 [detail] © 2005 John White Acris crepitans crepitans Northern Cricket Frog ID: 0000 0000 0707 0632 [detail] © 2007 Nathan Nazdrowicz Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .    Copyright © 1995-2009 UC Regents. All rights reserved. CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley