Listen to the southern cricket frog
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About the southern cricket frog
The southern cricket frog is a amphibian in the family Hylidae (order Anura). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the southern cricket frog sound like?
Frog and toad calls are produced by males, who inflate a vocal sac to amplify the sound. Choruses are loudest on warm, humid nights in the breeding season, and each species' call has its own pitch, rhythm and pulse rate.
The recordings here are labelled as acris gryllus call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
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 (Georgia Wildlife).
More from the family Hylidae
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Hyla arborea
American green tree frog
Hyla cinerea
Gray treefrog
Hyla versicolor
Dryophytes gratiosus
Hyla gratiosa
Southern brown tree frog
Litoria ewingii
Spring peeper
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Cope's gray treefrog
Hyla chrysoscelis
Javelin frog
Litoria microbelos
Bird-voiced tree frog
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Eastern dwarf tree frog
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Scinax granulatus
Scinax granulatus
Upland chorus frog
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Frequently asked questions
What does a southern cricket frog sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the southern cricket frog on this page, including its acris gryllus call. Frog and toad calls are produced by males, who inflate a vocal sac to amplify the sound.
Is the southern cricket frog endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the southern cricket frog as “least concern”.
What family does the southern cricket frog belong to?
The southern cricket frog (Acris gryllus) belongs to the family Hylidae in the order Anura.
Sources & credits
- Acris gryllus call by Fredlyfish4 – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2166333 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Southern cricket frog – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Patrick Coin ( Patrick Coin ) – CC BY-SA 2.5