Cricket-frog. Savanna Cricket. Savannah 



Cricket. The Cricket 

 Hylodes. Peeper. Rat- 

 tler. West Cricket Frog 

 {crepitans). Savannah 

 Cricket Frog. Cricket 

 Toad. Little Grey 

 Speckled Frog (Bar- 

 tram) .Grasshopper-frog. 

 Knee-deep. 



Plate XXVI (xi). I, 3. 

 Females. 1. Male. 4. Tadpole. 



Acris gryllus (Le Conte). 



Range: Long Island, N.Y., 

 to Florida, west to Trans 

 Pecos, Texas and eastern 

 New Mexico; northwest to 

 Nebraska, Colorado and Can- 

 ada, and northeast to Ohio 

 and Ontario. 



Habitat: Terrestrial, shade- 

 loving frog. In meadows or 

 about creeks or ponds in the 

 open vegetation mats or 

 wooded edges. 



Size: Adults, 3/5-1 1/3 

 inches. (Males, 15-29 mm. 

 Females, 16-33 mm.). 



General appearance: This is 

 a small tree-frog, but looks 

 like a small true frog {Rand). 

 It varies in color, black, dark 

 brown, reddish brown, light 

 brown, green, or gray; or the 

 markings may be reddish on 

 a green ground. Between the 

 eyes there is usually a dark 

 triangle, white bordered be- 

 hind. This species possesses 

 rear femoral stripes, oblique 

 bars on the sides, light spots 

 on the jaw, and an oblique 



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