Definition of Acris gryllus

1. Noun. A cricket frog of eastern United States.

Exact synonyms: Eastern Cricket Frog
Generic synonyms: Cricket Frog

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acris Gryllus

Acorus calamus
Acosta's disease
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Acragas
Acrasiomycetes
Acre
Acre antshrike
Acre antshrikes
Acrel's ganglion
Acrididae
Acridotheres
Acridotheres tristis
Acrilan
Acris
Acris crepitans
Acris gryllus (current term)
Acrobates
Acrocarpus
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
Acrocephalus
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Acroceraunian
Acroclinium
Acroclinium roseum
Acrocomia
Acrocomia aculeata
Acrocomia vinifera
Acropolis
Acropolitan
Acropora

Literary usage of Acris gryllus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Familiar Life in Field and Forest: The Animals, Birds, Frogs, and Salamanders by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1898)
"It is far more likely that they heard the Acris gryllus; still, ... The subspecies Acris gryllus crepitans has three oblique blotches on the sides, ..."

2. Biennial Report of the Board of Curators of the Louisiana State Museum to by Louisiana State Museum, Louisiana State Museum Board of Curators, Board of Curators (1914)
"Acris gryllus, the form corresponding more closely to the described type, ... Acris gryllus has smaller webbs, but longer toes and can better escape its ..."

3. The Batrachians and Reptiles of Indiana by Oliver Perry Hay (1892)
"Sacral process little expanded.* Closely allied to Hyla. This genus contains but a single species, and this is abundant everywhere with us. Acris gryllus ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"Acris gryllus crepitans Baird.—J have found this species common along the lower Delaware and Susquehanna valleys. HW Fowler has secured it at Cape May, NJ, ..."

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