List of amphibians of the United States

This is a list of amphibians found in the United States. A total of 306 amphibian species have been recorded in the United States,[1] 2 of which are now extinct.[2] This list is derived from the database listing of Amphibian Species of the World.[1]

Salamanders (Caudata)

Ambystomatidae
Ambystoma californiense
Ambystoma barbouri
Ambystoma mavortium

Order: Caudata. Family: Ambystomatidae

  • Ambystoma annulatum Cope, 1886
  • Ambystoma barbouri Kraus & Petranka, 1989
  • Ambystoma bishopi Goin, 1950
  • Ambystoma californiense Gray, 1853
  • Ambystoma cingulatum Cope, 1868
  • Ambystoma gracile (Baird, 1859)
  • Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Green, 1827)
  • Ambystoma laterale Hallowell, 1856
  • Ambystoma mabeei Bishop, 1928
  • Ambystoma macrodactylum Baird, 1850
  • Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802)
  • Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850
  • Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807)
  • Ambystoma talpoideum (Holbrook, 1838)
  • Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855)
  • Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825)
  • Dicamptodon aterrimus (Cope, 1868)
  • Dicamptodon copei Nussbaum, 1970
  • Dicamptodon ensatus (Eschscholtz, 1833)
  • Dicamptodon tenebrosus (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Amphiumidae
Amphiuma means

Order: Caudata. Family: Amphiumidae

Cryptobranchidae
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Order: Caudata. Family: Cryptobranchidae

  • Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801)
  • Cryptobranchus bishopi Grobman, 1943

Plethodontidae
Aneides lugubris

Order: Caudata. Family: Plethodontidae

  • Batrachoseps altasierrae Jockusch, Martínez-Solano, Hansen, & Wake, 2012
  • Batrachoseps attenuatus (Eschscholtz, 1833)
  • Batrachoseps bramei Jockusch, Martínez-Solano, Hansen, & Wake, 2012
  • Batrachoseps campi Marlow, Brode, & Wake, 1979
  • Batrachoseps diabolicus Jockusch, Wake, & Yanev, 1998
  • Batrachoseps gabrieli Wake, 1996
  • Batrachoseps gavilanensis Jockusch, Yanev, & Wake, 2001
  • Batrachoseps gregarius Jockusch, Wake, & Yanev, 1998
  • Batrachoseps incognitus Jockusch, Yanev, & Wake, 2001
  • Batrachoseps kawia Jockusch, Wake, & Yanev, 1998
  • Batrachoseps luciae Jockusch, Yanev, & Wake, 2001
  • Batrachoseps major Camp, 1915
  • Batrachoseps minor Jockusch, Yanev, & Wake, 2001
  • Batrachoseps nigriventris Cope, 1869
  • Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope, 1865)
  • Batrachoseps regius Jockusch, Wake, & Yanev, 1998
  • Batrachoseps relictus Brame & Murray, 1968
  • Batrachoseps robustus Wake, Yanev, & Hansen, 2002
  • Batrachoseps simatus Brame & Murray, 1968
  • Batrachoseps stebbinsi Brame & Murray, 1968
  • Batrachoseps wrighti (Bishop, 1937)
  • Eurycea aquatica Rose & Bush, 1963
  • Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)
  • Eurycea chamberlaini Harrison & Guttman, 2003
  • Eurycea chisholmensis Chippindale, Price, Wiens, & Hillis, 2000
  • Eurycea cirrigera (Green, 1831)
  • Eurycea guttolineata (Holbrook, 1838)
  • Eurycea junaluska Sever, Dundee, & Sullivan, 1976
  • Eurycea latitans Smith & Potter, 1946
  • Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818)
  • Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822
  • Eurycea multiplicata (Cope, 1869)
  • Eurycea nana Bishop, 1941
  • Eurycea naufragia Chippindale, Price, Wiens, & Hillis, 2000
  • Eurycea neotenes Bishop & Wright, 1937
  • Eurycea pterophila Burger, Smith, & Potter, 1950
  • Eurycea quadridigitata (Holbrook, 1842)
  • Eurycea rathbuni (Stejneger, 1896)
  • Eurycea robusta (Longley, 1978)
  • Eurycea sosorum Chippindale, Price, & Hillis, 1993
  • Eurycea spelaea (Stejneger, 1892)
  • Eurycea subfluvicola Steffen, Irwin, Blair, & Bonett, 2014
  • Eurycea tonkawae Chippindale, Price, Wiens, & Hillis, 2000
  • Eurycea tridentifera Mitchell & Reddell, 1965
  • Eurycea troglodytes Baker, 1957
  • Eurycea tynerensis Moore & Hughes, 1939
  • Eurycea wallacei (Carr, 1939)
  • Eurycea waterlooensis Hillis, Chamberlain, Wilcox, & Chippindale, 2001
  • Eurycea wilderae Dunn, 1920
  • Gyrinophilus gulolineatus Brandon, 1965
  • Gyrinophilus palleucus McCrady, 1954
  • Gyrinophilus porphyriticus (Green, 1827)
  • Gyrinophilus subterraneus Besharse & Holsinger, 1977
  • Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck, 1838)
  • Pseudotriton diastictus Bishop, 1941
  • Pseudotriton montanus Baird, 1850
  • Pseudotriton ruber (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801)
  • Stereochilus marginatus (Hallowell, 1856)
  • Urspelerpes brucei Camp, Peterman, Milanovich, Lamb, Maerz, & Wake, 2009
  • Aneides aeneus (Cope & Packard, 1881)
  • Aneides ferreus Cope, 1869
  • Aneides flavipunctatus (Strauch, 1870)
  • Aneides hardii (Taylor, 1941)
  • Aneides iecanus (Cope, 1883)
  • Aneides lugubris (Hallowell, 1849)
  • Aneides niger Myers & Maslin, 1948
  • Aneides vagrans Wake & Jackman, 1999
  • Desmognathus abditus Anderson & Tilley, 2003
  • Desmognathus aeneus Brown & Bishop, 1947
  • Desmognathus apalachicolae Means & Karlin, 1989
  • Desmognathus aureatus (Martof, 1956)
  • Desmognathus auriculatus (Holbrook, 1838)
  • Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1895
  • Desmognathus carolinensis Dunn, 1916
  • Desmognathus conanti Rossman, 1958
  • Desmognathus folkertsi Camp, Tilley, Austin, & Marshall, 2002
  • Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)
  • Desmognathus imitator Dunn, 1927
  • Desmognathus marmoratus (Moore, 1899)
  • Desmognathus melanius (Martof, 1956)
  • Desmognathus monticola Dunn, 1916
  • Desmognathus ochrophaeus Cope, 1859
  • Desmognathus ocoee Nicholls, 1949
  • Desmognathus orestes Tilley & Mahoney, 1996
  • Desmognathus organi Crespi, Browne, & Rissler, 2010
  • Desmognathus planiceps Newman, 1955
  • Desmognathus quadramaculatus (Holbrook, 1840)
  • Desmognathus santeetlah Tilley, 1981
  • Desmognathus welteri Barbour, 1950
  • Desmognathus wrighti King, 1936
  • Ensatina eschscholtzii Gray, 1850
  • Hydromantes brunus Gorman, 1954
  • Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916)
  • Hydromantes shastae Gorman & Camp, 1953
  • Phaeognathus hubrichti Highton, 1961
  • Plethodon ainsworthi Lazell, 1998
  • Plethodon albagula Grobman, 1944
  • Plethodon amplus Highton & Peabody, 2000
  • Plethodon angusticlavius Grobman, 1944
  • Plethodon asupak Mead, Clayton, Nauman, Olson, & Pfrender, 2005
  • Plethodon aureolus Highton, 1984
  • Plethodon caddoensis Pope & Pope, 1951
  • Plethodon chattahoochee Highton, 1989
  • Plethodon cheoah Highton & Peabody, 2000
  • Plethodon chlorobryonis Mittleman, 1951
  • Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)
  • Plethodon cylindraceus (Harlan, 1825)
  • Plethodon dorsalis Cope, 1889
  • Plethodon dunni Bishop, 1934
  • Plethodon electromorphus Highton, 1999
  • Plethodon elongatus Van Denburgh, 1916
  • Plethodon fourchensis Duncan & Highton, 1979
  • Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818)
  • Plethodon grobmani Allen & Neill, 1949
  • Plethodon hoffmani Highton, 1972
  • Plethodon hubrichti Thurow, 1957
  • Plethodon idahoensis Slater & Slipp, 1940
  • Plethodon jordani Blatchley, 1901
  • Plethodon kentucki Mittleman, 1951
  • Plethodon kiamichi Highton, 1989
  • Plethodon kisatchie Highton, 1989
  • Plethodon larselli Burns, 1954
  • Plethodon meridianus Highton & Peabody, 2000
  • Plethodon metcalfi Brimley, 1912
  • Plethodon mississippi Highton, 1989
  • Plethodon montanus Highton & Peabody, 2000
  • Plethodon neomexicanus Stebbins & Riemer, 1950
  • Plethodon nettingi Green, 1938
  • Plethodon ocmulgee Highton, 1989
  • Plethodon ouachitae Dunn & Heinze, 1933
  • Plethodon petraeus Wynn, Highton, & Jacobs, 1988
  • Plethodon punctatus Highton, 1972
  • Plethodon richmondi Netting & Mittleman, 1938
  • Plethodon savannah Highton, 1989
  • Plethodon sequoyah Highton, 1989
  • Plethodon serratus Grobman, 1944
  • Plethodon shenandoah Highton & Worthington, 1967
  • Plethodon sherando Highton, 2004
  • Plethodon shermani Stejneger, 1906
  • Plethodon stormi Highton & Brame, 1965
  • Plethodon teyahalee Hairston, 1950
  • Plethodon vandykei Van Denburgh, 1906
  • Plethodon variolatus (Gilliams, 1818)
  • Plethodon vehiculum (Cooper, 1860)
  • Plethodon ventralis Highton, 1997
  • Plethodon virginia Highton, 1999
  • Plethodon websteri Highton, 1979
  • Plethodon wehrlei Fowler & Dunn, 1917
  • Plethodon welleri Walker, 1931
  • Plethodon yonahlossee Dunn, 1917

Proteidae

Order: Caudata. Family: Proteidae

  • Necturus alabamensis Viosca, 1937
  • Necturus beyeri Viosca, 1937
  • Necturus lewisi Brimley, 1924
  • Necturus lodingi Viosca, 1937
  • Necturus louisianensis Viosca, 1938
  • Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)
  • Necturus punctatus (Gibbes, 1850)

Rhyacotritonidae

Order: Caudata. Family: Rhyacotritonidae

  • Rhyacotriton cascadae Good & Wake, 1992
  • Rhyacotriton kezeri Good & Wake, 1992
  • Rhyacotriton olympicus (Gaige, 1917)
  • Rhyacotriton variegatus Stebbins & Lowe, 1951

Salamandridae

Order: Caudata. Family: Salamandridae

Taricha torosa
  • Notophthalmus meridionalis (Cope, 1880)
  • Notophthalmus perstriatus (Bishop, 1941)
  • Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820)
  • Taricha granulosa (Skilton, 1849)
  • Taricha rivularis (Twitty, 1935)
  • Taricha sierrae (Twitty, 1942)
  • Taricha torosa (Rathke, 1833)

Sirenidae

Order: Caudata. Family: Sirenidae

  • Pseudobranchus axanthus Netting & Goin, 1942
  • Pseudobranchus striatus (LeConte, 1824)
  • Siren intermedia Barnes, 1826
  • Siren lacertina Österdam, 1766

Frogs and Toads (Anura)
Rhinophrynus dorsalis

Ascaphidae

Order: Anura. Family: Ascaphidae

  • Ascaphus montanus Mittleman & Myers, 1949
  • Ascaphus truei Stejneger, 1899

Bufonidae
Rhinella marina

Order: Anura. Family: Bufonidae

  • Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836)
  • Anaxyrus baxteri (Porter, 1968)
  • Anaxyrus boreas (Baird & Girard, 1852)
  • Anaxyrus californicus (Camp, 1915)
  • Anaxyrus canorus (Camp, 1916)
  • Anaxyrus cognatus (Say, 1822)
  • Anaxyrus debilis (Girard, 1854)
  • Anaxyrus exsul (Myers, 1942)
  • Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882)
  • Anaxyrus hemiophrys (Cope, 1886)
  • Anaxyrus houstonensis (Sanders, 1953)
  • Anaxyrus microscaphus (Cope, 1867)
  • Anaxyrus nelsoni (Stejneger, 1893)
  • Anaxyrus punctatus (Baird & Girard, 1852)
  • Anaxyrus quercicus (Holbrook, 1840)
  • Anaxyrus retiformis (Sanders & Smith, 1951)
  • Anaxyrus speciosus (Girard, 1854)
  • Anaxyrus terrestris (Bonnaterre, 1789)
  • Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard, 1854)
  • Incilius alvarius (Girard, 1859)
  • Incilius nebulifer (Girard, 1854)
  • Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Craugastoridae

Order: Anura. Family: Craugastoridae

Dendrobatidae
Dendrobates auratus

Order: Anura. Family: Dendrobatidae

  • Dendrobates auratus (Girard, 1855)

Eleutherodactylidae
Eleutherodactylus coqui

Order: Anura. Family: Eleutherodactylidae

Hylidae

Order: Anura. Family: Hylidae

  • Acris blanchardi Harper, 1947
  • Acris crepitans Baird, 1854
  • Acris gryllus (LeConte, 1825)
  • Hyla andersonii Baird, 1854
  • Hyla arenicolor Cope, 1866
  • Hyla avivoca Viosca, 1928
  • Hyla chrysoscelis Cope, 1880
  • Hyla cinerea (Schneider, 1799)
  • Hyla femoralis Daudin, 1800
  • Hyla gratiosa LeConte, 1856
  • Hyla squirella Daudin, 1800
  • Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825
  • Hyla wrightorum Taylor, 1939
  • Osteopilus septentrionalis (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
  • Pseudacris brachyphona (Cope, 1889)
  • Pseudacris brimleyi Brandt & Walker, 1933
  • Pseudacris cadaverina (Cope, 1866)
  • Pseudacris clarkii (Baird, 1854)
  • Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)
  • Pseudacris fouquettei Lemmon, Lemmon, Collins, & Cannatella, 2008
  • Pseudacris hypochondriaca (Hallowell, 1854)
  • Pseudacris illinoensis Smith, 1951
  • Pseudacris kalmi Harper, 1955
  • Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850)
  • Pseudacris nigrita (LeConte, 1825)
  • Pseudacris ocularis (Holbrook, 1838)
  • Pseudacris ornata (Holbrook, 1836)
  • Pseudacris regilla (Baird & Girard, 1852)
  • Pseudacris sierra (Jameson, Mackey, & Richmond, 1966)
  • Pseudacris streckeri Wright & Wright, 1933
  • Pseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)
  • Smilisca baudinii (Duméril & Bibron, 1841)
  • Smilisca fodiens (Boulenger, 1882)
  • Litoria caerulea (White, 1790)

Leptodactylidae
Leptodactylus fragilis

Order: Anura. Family: Leptodactylidae

Microhylidae
Hypopachus variolosus

Order: Anura. Family: Microhylidae

Pipidae
Xenopus laevis

Order: Anura. Family: Pipidae

  • Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)

Ranidae
Rana boylii

Order: Anura. Family: Ranidae

  • Glandirana rugosa (Temminck & Schlegel, 1838)
  • Lithobates areolatus (Baird & Girard, 1852)
  • Lithobates berlandieri (Baird, 1859)
  • Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown, & Brown, 1973)
  • Lithobates capito (LeConte, 1855)
  • Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)
  • Lithobates chiricahuensis (Platz & Mecham, 1979)
  • Lithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801)
  • Lithobates fisheri (Stejneger, 1893)[3]
  • Lithobates grylio (Stejneger, 1901)
  • Lithobates heckscheri (Wright, 1924)
  • Lithobates okaloosae (Moler, 1985)
  • Lithobates onca (Cope, 1875)
  • Lithobates palustris (LeConte, 1825)
  • Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)
  • Lithobates septentrionalis (Baird, 1854)
  • Lithobates sevosus (Goin & Netting, 1940)
  • Lithobates sphenocephalus (Cope, 1886)
  • Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825)
  • Lithobates tarahumarae (Boulenger, 1917)
  • Lithobates virgatipes (Cope, 1891)
  • Lithobates yavapaiensis (Platz & Frost, 1984)
  • Rana aurora Baird & Girard, 1852
  • Rana boylii Baird, 1854
  • Rana cascadae Slater, 1939
  • Rana draytonii Baird & Girard, 1852
  • Rana luteiventris Thompson, 1913
  • Rana muscosa Camp, 1917
  • Rana pretiosa Baird & Girard, 1853
  • Rana sierrae Camp, 1917

Rhinophrynidae

Order: Anura. Family: Rhinophrynidae

  • Rhinophrynus dorsalis Duméril & Bibron, 1841

Scaphiopodidae
Scaphiopus hurterii

Order: Anura. Family: Scaphiopodidae

  • Scaphiopus couchii Baird, 1854
  • Scaphiopus holbrookii (Harlan, 1835)
  • Scaphiopus hurterii Strecker, 1910
  • Spea bombifrons (Cope, 1863)
  • Spea hammondii (Baird, 1859)
  • Spea intermontana (Cope, 1883)
  • Spea multiplicata (Cope, 1863)

See also

List of amphibians native to the United States by state:

Notes
  1. Frost 2015
  2. The extinct species include the Vegas Valley leopard frog (Lithobates fisheri) and Ainsworth's salamander (Plethodon ainsworthi). See also AmphibiaWeb
  3. Synonym: Rana fisheri

References
Frost, D.R (2015). "United States". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. New York, USA. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
AmphibiaWeb. Information on amphibian biology and conservation. (2012). "List of Amphibians in the United States (database query web application)". Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
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