Species:

Acris crepitans

Northern Cricket Frog

Subspecies I've seen:
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Eastern Cricket Frog
A. c. crepitans
Subspecies:

Acris crepitans crepitans

Eastern Cricket Frog

May 10, 2004
Little Swan Creek, Meriwether Lewis Site, Lewis County, Tennessee
Eastern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans)
I only saw one of these little frogs, and it was something of a trouble-maker. It mocked my attempts to get a photo by posing still for one second too few to line up a shot. Then it would leap a huge distance for such a small frog, requiring me to futz with camera and tripod again. When I was oh-so-close to snapping the shutter, off it would leap again. I was lucky to get this one mediocre picture.
May 11, 2004
Hematite Lake Trail, Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area, Trigg County, Kentucky
Eastern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans)
Eastern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans)
These little cricket frogs were much more cooperative than their Tennessee cousin. We saw a few of them hopping about in the leaf litter and near the lake's edge, but they were willing to stop hopping for a few moments to pose for posterity.
April 22, 2008
Snake Road, La Rue-Pine Hills Ecological Area, Union County, Illinois
Eastern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans)
These little frogs have a great camouflage in the leaf litter. I typically wouldn't see them until they jumped, and even then it was often hard to rediscover the same individual post-jump.
April 23, 2008
Snake Road, La Rue-Pine Hills Ecological Area, Union County, Illinois
Eastern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans)
This species has quite a lot of variation in color and pattern. This one was particularly yellowish and uniform in color.
April 25, 2008
Perry County Lake, Perry County, Missouri
Eastern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans)
Another state, another population of Eastern cricket frogs.