List of U.S. state amphibians

This is a list of official U.S. state, federal district, and territory amphibians. State amphibians are designated by tradition or the respective state legislatures.[1]

Table
StateState amphibianBinomial
nomenclature		PhotoYear
AlabamaRed Hills salamanderPhaeognathus hubrichti2000[2]
ArizonaArizona tree frogHyla eximia1986[3]
CaliforniaCalifornia red-legged frogRana draytonii2014[4]
ColoradoWestern tiger salamanderAmbystoma mavortium 2012[5]
GeorgiaAmerican green tree frogHyla cinerea2005[6]
IdahoIdaho giant salamanderDicamptodon aterrimus2015[7]
IllinoisEastern tiger salamanderAmbystoma tigrinum2005[8]
IowaAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeianaUnofficial
KansasBarred tiger salamanderAmbystoma mavortium2005[9]
LouisianaAmerican green tree frogHyla cinerea1993[10]
MinnesotaNorthern leopard frogRana pipiensProposed in 1999[11]
MissouriAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeiana2005[12]
New HampshireRed-spotted newtNotophthalmus viridescens1985[13]
New MexicoNew Mexico spadefoot toadSpea multiplicata2003[14]
New YorkWood frogLithobates sylvaticusProposed in 2015[15]
North Carolina Pine barrens tree frog
(state frog)		Hyla andersonii2013[16]
Marbled salamander
(state salamander)		Ambystoma opacum2013[17]
Ohio Spotted salamander
(state amphibian)		Ambystoma maculatum2010[18]
American bullfrog
(state frog)		Rana catesbeiana2010[19]
OklahomaAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeiana1997[20]
Pennsylvania Eastern Hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis 2019[21]
South CarolinaSpotted salamanderAmbystoma maculatum1999[22]
TennesseeTennessee cave salamanderGyrinophilus palleucus1995[23]
TexasTexas toadBufo speciosus2009[24]
VermontNorthern leopard frogRana pipiens1998[25]
WashingtonPacific tree frogPseudacris regilla2007[26]
West VirginiaRed salamanderPseudotriton ruber2015[27]
WyomingBlotched tiger salamanderAmbystoma mavortium melanostictum2019[28]
Federal district
or territory		AmphibianBinomial
nomenclature		ImageYear
Puerto RicoCommon coquíEleutherodactylus coquiUnofficial
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gollark: Either.
gollark: You can work as a potatOS tester.
gollark: Sure!
gollark: The economy is already weird and distorted.

See also
  • Lists of U.S. state insignia

References
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  16. "North Carolina State Frog". North Carolina. NETSTATE. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
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  18. "State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  19. "State Frog - Bullfrog". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
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  21. Boeckel, Teresa. "It's official: The Eastern hellbender will become Pennsylvania's amphibian". The York Daily Record. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  22. State of South Carolina Code of Laws. "Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 9, Section 1-1-699". Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
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  24. "Students Lauded for Naming Official State Amphibian of Texas" (Press release). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
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  26. State Symbols of Washington. "State symbols". Archived from the original on 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
  27. http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2016/BlueBook/1043_WVS_BlueBook.pdf
  28. https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2019/SF0050
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