Southern Cricket Frog Range. The southern cricket frog or southeastern cricket frog acris gryllus is a small hylid frog native to the southeastern united states. The thigh stripes on southern cricket frogs are usually more clean cut.
Amphibiaweb Acris Gryllus from amphibiaweb.org
Crepitans in the piedmont and mountainous regions of the southeast. The southern cricket frog has longer legs with less webbing on the hind feet and a more pointed snout. In north america acris crepitans has a broad range extending through most of the southern and midwestern u.
The northern cricket frog and the southern cricket frog are the two species found in north carolina.
However northern cricket frogs have more extensive webbing on the toes of their hind feet and a ragged dark stripe on the back of each thigh. Although populations remain stable in north carolina northern cricket frogs have experienced severe declines in northern portions of their range especially in the midwestern united. However northern cricket frogs have more extensive webbing on the toes of their hind feet and a ragged dark stripe on the back of each thigh. Southern cricket frogs are found in the southeastern united states from virginia down to florida and east to louisiana.
