Southern Cricket Frog
Acris gryllus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Amphibians
The southern cricket frog or southeastern cricket frog is a small hylid frog native to the Southeastern United States. It is very similar in appearance and habits to the northern cricket frog, Acris crepitans, and was considered formerly conspecific. The scientific name Acris is from the Greek word for locust, and the species name gryllus is Latin for cricket.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Hylidae
- Genus
- Acris