What is "cricket frog"

Cricket \Crick"et\ (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See Creak.] (Zo["o]l.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied gener

1. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings.

   Note: The common European cricket is Gryllus domesticus; the common large black crickets of America are Gryllus niger, Gryllus neglectus, and others.

   Balm cricket. See under Balm.

   Cricket bird, a small European bird ( Silvia locustella); -- called also grasshopper warbler.

   Cricket frog, a small American tree frog ( Acris gryllus); -- so called from its chirping.

n. either of two frogs with a clicking call

Cricket frogs, genus Acris, are small, North American frogs of the family Hylidae. They are more aquatic than other members of the family, and are generally associated with permanent bodies of water with surface vegetation. The common and scientific names refer to their call, which resembles that of a cricket.

A cricket frog (Acris) is a genus of small North American frogs in the Hylidae family.

Cricket frog may also refer to:

• Indian cricket frog (Fejervarya limnocharis), frog in the Dicroglossidae family widely distributed in South Asia
• Nicobar cricket frog (Fejervarya nicobariensis), a frog in the Dicroglossidae family endemic to the Nicobar Islands
• South Asian cricket frog (Zakerana), a genus of frogs in the Dicroglossidae family found in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan