Blanchard’s cricket frog
(Acris blanchardi)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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| IUCN Red List | not listed |
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| NatureServe | N5 - Secure S1 - Critically Imperiled |
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| Minnesota | Endangered Species in Greatest Conservation Need |
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Description |
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Size |
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⅝″ to 1½″ |
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Habitat |
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Ponds, lakes, slow-moving rivers, streams, shallow wetlands. |
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Tadpole Food |
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Tiny insects |
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Sources The only current populations in the state known to the Minnesota DNR are in Hennepin and Winona Counties. iNaturalist has two recent records in Rock County GBIF has two records in Becker County from a Marsh Monitoring Program in 1996. The map at left shows current and recent (post-1960) populations (dark green) and historical (pre-1960) records (light green). |
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Common and abundant in south-central United States, rare in Minnesota. |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Amphibia (amphibians) | ||
| Superorder | Batrachia (amphibians) | ||
| Order | Anura (frogs and toads) | ||
| Suborder | Neobatrachia | ||
| Superfamily | Hyloidea | ||
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Hylidae (tree frogs) | ||
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Hylinae | ||
| Tribe | Hylini | ||
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Until recently, this frog was considered a subspecies of northern cricket frog (Acris crepitans). DNA analysis conducted in 2008 suggests that it is a distinct species. |
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Acris crepitans blanchardi Acris crepitans paludicola Acris gryllus blanchardi Acris gryllus paludicola Hyla ocularis blanchardi |
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Common Names |
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Blanchard’s cricket frog |
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Other Videos |
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| Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi) FHFchrish |
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About
Published on May 17, 2013 Blanchard's Cricket Frog calling from along Nueces River bottom in La Salle County, Texas. A bioluminescent Click Beetle flies over to the frog for size reference. |
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| Blanchard's Cricket Frog Calling Dustie Meads |
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About
Published on Apr 20, 2012 A small Blanchard's Cricket Frog on the forest floor. Both are the same cricket frog, in different positions. The little guy just didn't want to stay put in any one place. Found him in NW Arkansas near a creek lined with forest on both sides, a perfect habitat for tree frogs. |
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| Jeff LeClere 6/11/2017 |
Location: Rock County |
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| Jeff LeClere 7/6/2008 |
Location: Winona County |
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