Northern Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans Baird, 1854
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Amphibia |
| Order | Anura |
| Family | Hylidae |
| Genus | Acris |
| Species | Acris crepitans Baird, 1854 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Accidental
Distribution
Range
Known from one county in Kentucky.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Kentucky
Counties
- Kentucky
- Larue
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2022.
NatureServe
G4 Apparently Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- New York
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Pennsylvania
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- S2 Imperiled
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- S3 Vulnerable
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Jersey
- S3 Vulnerable
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- South Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Florida
- S3 Vulnerable
- Maryland
- S5 Secure
- Delaware
- S5 Secure
Ranks looked up 2 August 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
References
- Niemiller, M.L., Maxwell, E. & Higgs, J.P. 2024. A biological inventory of Sinking Spring Cave at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Larue County, Kentucky, USA. U.S. National Park Service, Hodgenville, Kentucky, USA. 21 pp.
- Niemiller, M.L. & Miller, B.T. 2009. A survey of the cave-associated herpetofauna of the eastern United States with an emphasis on salamanders. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, Texas, USA, Volume 1: 249–256.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 August 2026.
How to cite this account
Acris crepitans Baird, 1854. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2132. https://cavebiology.org/species/acris-crepitans/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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