An adult Blanchard's Cricket Frog from Wilson County, Kansas.
Photograph by Travis W. Taggart, Sternberg Museum of Natural
History. Routes Observed Map: (clickable) The map does not
depict the actual range of the Blanchard's Cricket Frog in 5/8"
- 1-1/2" (1.6 - 3.8 cm) Wartier, heavier and bulkier than other
cricket frogs. Dark stripe on thigh blending with dark pigment
above and in the anal region. Usually shades of light brown with
gray and green speckles, a tendency toward uniformity. Snout
rounded, legs relatively short, heavy webbing of hind foot
reaching tip of first toe and next to last joint of longest toe,
toe pads are absent. Diurnal. Males have a single yellowish
vocal pouch under the chin, dark triangle between eyes, often a
bright green or reddish stripe on back. Call sounds like two
small pebbles being tapped together. The tapping starts out
slowly, accelerates in tempo and then slows.