Eastern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans crepitans)

Created: June 2nd, 2010 - 08:43 PM
Last Modified: June 10th, 2010 - 08:42 PM Entered by: Kyle Loucks
Record 46735

Country: United States		State: Pennsylvania	County: Bucks County	Time: 2010-06-02 20:40:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: Male	Method: Heard	Habitat: Coastal plains lake edge choked with lily pads
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 78.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Few clouds		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 2.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

First vouchered records for the county and the state in our database. Species of special concern due to habitat loss. Been searching for these for a few years. This was an accidental discovery as I had stopped for a redbellied turtle on the shoulder of the road when I heard the cricket frogs. Bull, green and Northern gray treefrogs are also here.

Even though I was physically closer to the cricket frogs, those gray treefrogs steal the show in the recordings.

UPDATE: 6-10 revisit and recorded stronger calls without background noise.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Nate Nazdrowicz on Jun 11, 2010 at 05:50 AM

Kyle you should include year with your dates and type out month, so there is no confussion 100 years from now.

Posted by Kyle Loucks on Jun 10, 2010 at 08:43 PM

Not sure when the last record was made. Going to check with a local naturalist who has conducted surveys. He probabaly knows about this population. 6-10, State Fish and boat contacted my about the record and wanted specifics.

Posted by Mike VanValen on Jun 03, 2010 at 05:03 PM

Nice. How many historic records are there for Bucks County?