#1958 · 🐸 amphibians
Southern Cricket Frog
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke krekelkikker ·Acris gryllus
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what is it?
The southern cricket frog or southeastern cricket frog ( Acris gryllus ) 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 (Dickerson 1906). The scientific name Acris is from the Greek word for locust, and the species name gryllus is Latin for cricket (Georgia Wildlife).
base stats
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.
- 9,612 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Eatton Le Conte in 1825 (201 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Southern Cricket Frog
- Nederlands
- Zuidelijke krekelkikker
- scientific name
- Acris gryllus
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Hylidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 9,612
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1825 by John Eatton Le Conte
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Hylidae
#1839 📷 10European Tree Frog
🇳🇱 Boomkikker
Hyla arborea
LC 👀 250 in NL
#1851 📷 7Eastern Tree Frog
🇳🇱 Oostelijke Boomkikker
Hyla orientalis
LC 👀 6 in NL
#1908 📷 7Pacific chorus frog
🇳🇱 Pacifische boomkikker
Pseudacris regilla
LC 🌍 92.5k seen
#1912 📷 10Spring Peeper
🇳🇱 Kruisboomkikker
Pseudacris crucifer
LC 🌍 73.2k seen
#1913 📷 10Green Treefrog
🇳🇱 Noord-Amerikaanse boomkikker
Dryophytes cinereus
LC 🌍 66.6k seen
#1914 📷 8Gray Treefrog
🇳🇱 Grijze boomkikker
Dryophytes versicolor
LC 🌍 63.9k seen
#1922 📷 10Blanchard's Cricket Frog
🇳🇱 Blanchard's cricket frog
Acris blanchardi
LC 🌍 39k seen
#1923 📷 10Cope's Gray Tree Frog
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke grijze boomkikker
Dryophytes chrysoscelis
LC 🌍 38.4k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 24233, Wikidata Q2166333, GBIF 2427618, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.