What is Blanchard's cricket frog?
{{Speciesbox | image =Acris crepitans blanchardi.jpg | status = | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN /> | status_system = IUCN3.1Q | taxon = Acris blanchardi | authority = (Harper, 1947) | range_map = |synonyms=*''Acris gryllus blanchardi'' Harper, 1947 *''Hyla ocularis blanchardi'' Mittleman, 1947 *''Acris gryllus paludicola'' Burger, Smith, and Smith, 1949 *''Acris crepitans blanchardi'' Conant, 1958 *''Acris crepitans paludicola'' Duellman, 1977 *''Acris blanchardi'' Gamble, Berendzen, Shaffer, Starkey, and Simons, 2008 | synonyms_ref=<ref name=AMNH /> }} '''Blanchard's cricket frog''', the '''Blanchard cricket frog''', '''Texas coast cricket frog''', or '''coastal cricket frog''' (''Acris blanchardi'') is a [[frog]]. It lives in [[Canada]], the [[United States]], and [[Mexico]].<ref name=AMNH>{{BioRef|ASW6 |title=''Acris blanchardi'' Harper, 1947 |url=https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/Amphibia/Anura/Hylidae/Hylinae/Acris/Acris-blanchardi |access-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref><ref name=Amph>{{BioRef|amphibiaweb |title=''Acris blanchardi'' Harper 1947: Blanchard's Cricket Frog |author1= Tony Gamble |editor1=Kellie Whittaker|editor2=Michelle S. Koo |date=July 13, 2008 |language= |url=https://amphibiaweb.org/species/7142 |access-date=December 6, 2022}}</ref> The adult frog is 1.6-3.8 cm long [[snout-vent length|from nose to rear end]]. The back legs are very long. The skin on the frog's back has [[wart|bumps]] on it but the skin on the belly does not. The skin on the frog's back is usually gray or brown in color. Some frogs have a reddish or brown stripe. The frogs have a mark like a triangle between their eyes.<ref name=Amph /> Some of the tadpoles have dark color on the ends of their tails. Scientists think this confuses some [[predator|animals that want to eat the tadpole]]. But it only works on some of them. Tadpoles that live in water with [[dragonfly]] larvae often have dark tails. Tadpoles that live in streams with fish usually do not.<ref name=Amph /> ==Threats== There are fewer of these frogs