Northern Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
- OrderAnura (Anurs)
- FamilyHylidae (Hylid Tree Frogs)
- GenusAcris (Cricket Frogs)
- SpeciesAcris crepitans (Northern Cricket Frog)
Closest Relatives at Shenandoah National Park
Gray Treefrog
Dryophytes versicolor
Spring Peeper
Pseudacris crucifer
Cope's Gray Tree Frog
Dryophytes chrysoscelis
Upland Chorus Frog
Pseudacris feriarum
American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus
Pickerel Frog
Lithobates palustris
Green Frog
Lithobates clamitans
Fowler's Toad
Anaxyrus fowleri
American Bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeianus
Wood Frog
Lithobates sylvaticus
Eastern Spadefoot
Scaphiopus holbrookii
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenandoah National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Northern Cricket Frog in Shenandoah National Park?
About 23% of visitor-days record a Northern Cricket Frog sighting in Shenandoah National Park, based on 111 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Northern Cricket Frog in Shenandoah National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Northern Cricket Frog in Shenandoah National Park in our monthly data.