Acridinae Mivart, 1869

Duellman, William E., Marion, Angela B. & Hedges, Blair, 2016, Phylogenetics, classification, and biogeography of the treefrogs (Amphibia: Anura: Arboranae), Zootaxa 4104 (1), pp. 1-109 : 10

Subfamily Acridinae Mivart, 1869

Acridina Mivart, 1869: 292 . Type genus Acris Duméril and Bibron, 1841:506 .

Definition. Small to medium-sized (19–48 mm SVL) mainly terrestrial and semi-aquatic frogs; discs on fingers and toes not, or only slightly, expanded ( Fig. 3A ); chromosome complement 2n = 22 or 24.

Content. Three genera and 21 species.

Distribution. North America from southern Alaska southward to southern Baja California, and east of the Rocky Mountains from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.

Etymology. The familial name is based on that of the type genus, the Greek akris, meaning a kind of grasshopper.

Figures

FIGURE 3. A. Acris gryllus, KU 207329, Bluff Lake, Noxubee County, Mississippi, USA. B. Hyliola cadaverina, KU 207397, Santa Ynez River, Santa Barbara County, California, USA. C. Hyliola regilla, KU 207467, Sunrise, 32 km S Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon, USA. D. Pseudacris triseriata, KU 207486, 10 km E Pratt, Pratt County, Kansas, USA. All by W. E. Duellman.