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Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)

Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)
©Craig Nazor

The Cricket frog, Acris crepitans blanchardi, is a small diurnal frog common in sunny wetland habitat in the Austin area. Their call is a distinctive cricket-like clicking sound and can be heard in the Hartman Prehistoric Garden from late winter into the fall.

class: Amphibia / order: Anura / family: Hylidae / genus: Acris / species: crepitans / subspecies: blanchardi

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