The northern cricket frog can appear in a variety of colors from grey to tan to greenish-tan to brown, with a white belly and sometimes an irregular green, yellow, orange, or brown stripe on its back.

Not long after the snow melts a procession of peeps, trills, chuckles, chortles, snores and bellows begins in the mid-Michigan outdoors. These are not the sounds of humans recovering from serious ...

The amazing thing about the Northern cricket frog is that Rick Koval and I were able to find one period. The cricket frog is listed as a species of special concern and it is expected to be submitted ...

That time, the tree frogs and green frogs were calling enthusiastically and a few toads were still active. The highlight of the night, though, came on my fourth stop near Chaseburg, where I heard a ...

Whether it’s the deep “jug o’ rum” of the American bullfrog, the “peep, peep, peep” of the spring peeper or the “gick, gick, gick” of the northern cricket frog, give a listen and you'll hear nature’s ...

For the past week or so there has been a little tree frog somewhere on the west side of our house. Every now and then he will make that tree frog sound, and we'll wonder where he is. Both of us have ...

Preface -- General account -- Common names -- Present classifications -- Scientific name -- Specific evaluation of our North American forms -- Range -- Habitat ...