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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataVertebrataAmphibiaAnuraHylidaeAcris

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

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2022.

NatureServe

G4 Apparently Secure

G1G2G3G4▲G5

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

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • 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.
  • 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.

How to cite this account

Acris crepitans Baird, 1854. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2132. https://cavebiology.org/species/acris-crepitans/ (accessed 7 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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