Blanchard's cricket frog was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the northern cricket frog. The southern cricket frog feeds on insects, spiders, and other arthropods. The northern cricket frog is one of North America's three smallest vertebrates, ranging from long. Amphibians include "Fejervarya raja", cricket frog ("Fejervarya limnocharis") and the common tree frog. Blanchard's cricket frog ("Acris blanchardi") is a species of frog in the family Hylidae.