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title: "Southern Cricket Frog"
description: "Acris gryllus — Amphibians. The southern cricket frog or southeastern cricket frog (Acris gryllus) is a small hylid frog native to the Southeastern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/southern-cricket-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Cricket Frog

> Acris gryllus — Amphibians. The southern cricket frog or southeastern cricket frog (Acris gryllus) is a small hylid frog native to the Southeastern United States.

- Scientific name: *Acris gryllus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 9432
- Wikidata: [Q2166333](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2166333)
- iNaturalist taxon: [24233](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/24233)

## Names

- en: Southern Cricket Frog
- de: Südlicher Grillenfrosch
- es: Rana grillo de Florida
- fr: Rainette grillon du sud
- nl: Florida krekelkikker

## Countries with the most observations

US (6798)

## Summary

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).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_cricket_frog

## Photo

![Southern Cricket Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-cricket-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: David Emmanuel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/262773136

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-cricket-frog?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).