Northern Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans Baird, 1854

Taxonomy

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

NJ

S3 Vulnerable

Mississippi

S5 Secure

South Carolina

S5 Secure

Florida

S3 Vulnerable

Maryland

S5 Secure

DE

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.

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