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Southern cricket frog
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English - June 08, 2023 09:30 - 1 minute - 1.56 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Sports Wilderness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The southern cricket frog or southeastern cricket frog (Acris gryllus) is a small hylid frog native to the Southeastern United States. It is very similar in appearance and habits to the northern cricket frog, Acris crepitans, and was considered formerly conspecific (Dickerson 1906). The scientific name Acris is from the Greek word for locust, and the species name gryllus is Latin for cricket.