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Acris (cricket frog)

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Hylidae

Taxonomy
Acris was named by Dumeril and Bibron (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Hylidae by Cope (1875), Lynch (1965), Carroll (1988); and to Hylinae by Sanchiz (1998).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Acris Dumeril and Bibron
1875Acris Cope p. 30
1965Acris Lynch p. 75
1988Acris Carroll
1998Acris Sanchiz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
suborderAnura()
Neobatrachia(Reig 1958)
superfamilyHyloideaFord and Cannatella 1993
familyHylidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAcrisDumeril and Bibron 1841

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Acris Dumeril and Bibron 1841 [cricket frog]
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Acris crepitans Baird 1854 [northern cricket frog]
Acris gryllus Le Conte 1825 [southern cricket frog]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available