Acris crepitans
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Northern Cricket Frog
Also known as:
Eastern Cricket Frog
![Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)](../images/herps/standard/04051033PD_N_cricket_frog.jpg)
I only saw one of these little frogs, and it was something of a trouble-maker. It mocked my attempts to get a photo by posing still for one second too few to line up a shot. Then it would leap a huge distance for such a small frog, requiring me to futz with camera and tripod again. When I was oh-so-close to snapping the shutter, off it would leap again. I was lucky to get this one mediocre picture.
Hematite Lake Trail, Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area, Trigg County, Kentucky—May 11, 2004
![Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)](../images/herps/standard/04051110PD_B_cricket_frog.jpg)
![Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)](../images/herps/standard/04051103PD_B_cricket_frog.jpg)
These little cricket frogs were much more cooperative than their Tennessee cousin. We saw a few of them hopping about in the leaf litter and near the lake's edge, but they were willing to stop hopping for a few moments to pose for posterity.
Online references:
- Acris crepitans account on iNaturalist
Printed references:
- Bartlett, R. D., Bartlett, P. B. 1999. A Field Guide to Florida Reptiles and Amphibians
- Behler, J. L., King, F. W. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians
- Conant, R., Collins, J. T. 1998. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition, expanded
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Edition
- Elliott, L., Gerhardt, C. and Davidson, C. 2009. The Frogs and Toads of North America
- Jensen, J. B., Camp, C. D., Gibbons, W., and Elliott, M. J. 2008. Amphibians and Reptiles of Georgia