Species: Acris crepitans, Cricket Frog

Description: Small warty skinned frogs; maximum length of around 1 1/2"

Habitat: Sunny, shallow ponds with abundant vegetation in the water or on the shores, slow moving, algae-filled water courses with sunny banks are the preferred habitat

Range: Western Texas north to South Dakota and from the Florida panhandle north to southeastern New York, absent from the coastal plain from Virginia to Florida and the northern Appalachians

Food:

Status: Endangered: New York

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Cricket Frog, White Pine Bluffs, Chatham Co NC March 19 2005
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Cricket Frog, Durham Co NC March 29 2005
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Cricket Frog, Durham Co NC March 29 2005
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Cricket Frog, Justice Lands, Chatham Co NC March 27 2004
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Cricket Frog, Flat River Waterfowl Impoundment, Durham NC August 7 2004
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