Northern Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Amphibians
The northern cricket frog is a species of small hylid frog native to the United States and northeastern Mexico. These frogs are majorly in grey, green, and brown color with blotching patterns. Many have a brown or orange stripe down the center of their back and a triangular marking on the top of their head. Despite being members of the tree frog family, they are not arboreal. These frogs prefer habitats near the edges of slow-moving bodies of water, and in close proximity to shelter items, like rocks. It has two recognized subspecies, A. c. crepitans and A. c. paludicola.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Acris