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Acris crepitans (Northern Cricket Frog)

Synonyms: Acris crepitans crepitans; Acris gryllus crepitans
Language: Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

The northern cricket frog (Acris crepitans) is a species of small hylid frog native to the United States and northeastern Mexico. Despite being members of the tree frog family, they are not arboreal. It has three recognized subspecies.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.99
EDGE Score: 2.56
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Attributes

Litter Size [2]  270
Litters / Year [2]  2
Maximum Longevity [3]  5 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  1.496 inches (3.8 cm)
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams
Adult Weight [2]  1.69 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [2]  1 year
Male Maturity [2]  1 year

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Predators

Agkistrodon piscivorus (conanti)[4]
Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake)[5]
Thamnophis sirtalis (Common Garter Snake)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cylindrotaenia americana[6]
Rhabdias ranae[6]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Sexual dimorphism in head shape and diet in the cottonmouth snake (Agkistrodon piscivorus), Shawn E. Vincent, Anthony Herrel and Duncan J. Irschick, J. Zool., Lond. (2004) 264, 53–59
♦ 5Resources of a Snake Community in Prairie-Woodland Habitat of Northeastern Kansas, Henry S. Fitch, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Research Report 13: 83-98 (1982)
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0