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Acris gryllus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	110845	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=110845

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Hylidae : Acris : Acris gryllus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Temnospondyli
-	Lissamphibia
-	Batrachia
order	Salientia	Laurenti 1768
order	Anura
-	Neobatrachia
superfamily	Hyloidea	Ford and Cannatella 1993
family	Hylidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Acris	Dumeril and Bibron 1841
species	Acris gryllus	(Le Conte 1825)

Common Name

southern cricket frog

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Acris gryllus	species	belongs to Rana	stated without evidence	Le Conte, 1825
Acris gryllus	species	belongs to Acris	stated with evidence	Cope, 1875

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)

Diet

carnivore (based on Temnospondyli)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. D. Lynch. 1965. The Pleistocene amphibians of Pit II, Arredondo, Florida. Copeia 1965(1):72-77

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1825	Rana gryllus Le Conte
1875	Acris gryllus Cope p. 30
1965	Acris gryllus Lynch p. 75

References

Lynch J. D. (1965) The Pleistocene amphibians of Pit II, Arredondo, Florida, Copeia 1965 1, 72-77

Cope E. D. Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution. Based on the specimens contained in the U. S. National Museum, Bulletin of the United States National Museum 1, 1-109

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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