Blanchard's cricket frog

Blanchard's cricket frog

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Hylidae
Genus: Acris
Species:
A. blanchardi
Binomial name
Acris blanchardi
Harper, 1947[1]
Synonyms
  • Acris crepitans blanchardi

Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris blanchardi) is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is a small, dark colored frog that is threatened or endangered in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Studies have been done to see why the population of the frog is beginning to decrease in those states. Blanchard's cricket frogs are commonly found in wetlands, ponds, and/or near row crop agriculture.[2] The average life span for this frog is about one year, which is why the species is considered to be short-lived. Little is known about the interactions and basic ecology, even though populations are decreasing.[3] Blanchard's cricket frog was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the northern cricket frog.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Beltz was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cusaac, J. Patrick (December 2015). "Acute toxicity of Headline fungicide to Blanchard's cricket frogs (Acris blanchardi)". Ecotoxicology. 25 (3): 447–455. doi:10.1007/s10646-015-1602-x. PMID 26707241. S2CID 24962706.
  3. ^ Youngquist, Melissa (August 2015). "Competitive Interactions between Cricket Frogs (Acris blanchardi) and Other Anurans". Herpetologica. 71 (4): 260. doi:10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-14-00049. S2CID 85672690.