Cool Little Frogs

A few weeks ago my little nine year old brother came down to visit for the weekend. It was really nice out so we decided to go for a hike in Peifer Park. We walked in the woods for about ten minutes until we came to a stream. We started walking along the edge of the water and after awhile we started to see little frogs with green on their back jump in the water. It took us a while but we were finally able to catch one.
From what I have learned in class I believe that this is a Blanchards Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans). These guys are a smaller species of the Hylidae family. They range in size from about a half of an inch to an inch and a half. This species is wartier, heavier and bulkier than other cricket frog species. Their general ground color is brown or grey and like you can see in the picture they often have some green on the back. Blanchards cricket frog looks a lot like a chorus frog but can be differentiated by warty skin and dark triangle between eyes.

(Sammy Peppers)