#1922 · 🐸 amphibians

Blanchard's Cricket Frog

🇳🇱 Blanchard's cricket frog ·Acris blanchardi

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Andy Kraemer · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Sam Kieschnick · CC BY 4.0
3. © johnwilliams · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jim West · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Union County, IL, USA:© Koaw Nature · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. W I-820 Frontage Rd N, Fort Worth, TX, US:© johnasl · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Hamilton County, OH, USA:© Alex Uematsu · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Illinois, US:© Jeff Skrentny · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Oklahoma, US:© Thomas Shahan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Blanchard's cricket frog ( Acris blanchardi ) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is a small, dark colored frog that is threatened or endangered in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Studies have been done to see why the population of the frog is beginning to decrease in those states. Blanchard's cricket frogs are commonly found in wetlands, ponds, and/or near row crop agriculture. The average life span for this frog is about one year, which...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 38,980iNaturalist 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.
38,980 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Francis Harper in 1947 (79 years ago).