#1936 · 🐸 amphibians

Northern Cricket Frog

🇳🇱 Noordelijke krekelkikker ·Acris crepitans

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ty Smith · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © dbarronoss · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Alvin Diamond · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY 4.0
5. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY 4.0
7. © Greg Schechter · CC BY 4.0
8. © Matthew O'Donnell · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
9. © Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 4.0
10. © mahenry · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The northern cricket frog ( Acris crepitans ) is a species of small hylid frog native to the United States and northeastern Mexico. Despite being members of the tree frog family, they are not arboreal. It has three recognized subspecies.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 16,468iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
16,468 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1854 (172 years ago).