Acris crepitans

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Overview

Endangered

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,602 meters (0 to 15,098 feet).[1]

Ecology: This species inhabits the edges of sunny marshes, marshy ponds , and small slow-moving streams in open country and in forest along bodies of water without dense canopy cover . It may periodically range into adjacent non-wetland habitats in some regions. Eggs and larvae develop in the shallow water of ponds, marshes, ditches, slow streams, springs , or rain pools .[2]

List of Habitats: 1.4 Forest - Temperate 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands 5.7 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) 5.9 Wetlands (inland) - Freshwater Springs and Oases 15.2 Artificial/Aquatic - Ponds (below 8ha) 15.9 Artificial/Aquatic - Canals and Drainage Channels , Ditches

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 29-Aug-2005

Similar Species

Members of the genus Acris

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. arenicolor (Canyon Treefrog) · A. crepitans (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) · A. crepitans blanchardi (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) · A. crepitans crepitans (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) · A. crepitans paludicola (Northern Cricket Frog) · A. gryllus (Southern Cricket Frog) · A. gryllus blanchardi · A. gryllus crepitans · A. gryllus dorsalis (Florida Cricket Frog) · A. gryllus gryllus (Coastal Plain Cricket Frog) · A. gryllus paludicola · A. pickeringii

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Further Reading

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• Amphibian Data. For additional documentation about utilization and CITES status, click on the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) link above to see the GAA account for this species or alternatively follow this link to the search function on the Global Amphibian Assessment web site and run your own search.
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• Arthur C. Hulse, C. J. McCoy, and Ellen J. Censky (2001). Amphibians and Reptiles of Pennsylvania and the Northeast. Cornell University Press, Ithaca.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
• Hammerson, G., Santos-Barrera, G. and , Church, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• EMAN Provider: FrogWatch Canada
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles: Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Herp Collection
• Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2475475
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-207289
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 173520
• IUCN ID: 55286
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AAABC01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 165470

Footnotes

1. Mean = 535.470 meters (1,756.791 feet), Standard Deviation = 551.820 based on 241 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Hammerson, G., Santos-Barrera, G. &, Church, D. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]

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