Acris Duméril and Bibron, 1841 TYPE SPECIES: Rana gryllus LeConte, 1825, by subsequent designation of Fitzinger (1843). DIAGNOSIS: This genus is diagnosed by 138 transformations in nuclear and mitochondrial proteins and ribosomal genes. See appendix 5 for a complete list of these molecular synapomorphies. Other apparent synapomorphies include the differentiation of the m. intermandibularis into an apical supplementary element (Tyler, 1971), and diploid chromosome number of 22 (Bushnell et al., 1939; Cole, 1966; Duellman, 1970). CONTENTS: Two species. Acris crepitans Baird, 1854; Acris gryllus (LeConte, 1825).

Published as part of FAIVOVICH, JULIÁN, HADDAD, CÉLIO F. B., GARCIA, PAULO C. A., FROST, DARREL R., CAMPBELL, JONATHAN A. & WHEELER, WARD C., 2005, Systematic Review Of The Frog Family Hylidae, With Special Reference To Hylinae: Phylogenetic Analysis And Taxonomic Revision, pp. 1-240 in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2005 (294) on page 99, DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2005)294[0001:SROTFF]2.0.CO;2, http://zenodo.org/record/5363218