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)
[edit]Ambystomatidae
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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
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Order: Caudata. Family: Amphiumidae
- Amphiuma means Garden, 1821
- Amphiuma pholeter Neill, 1964
- Amphiuma tridactylum Cuvier, 1827
Cryptobranchidae
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Order: Caudata. Family: Cryptobranchidae
- Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801)
- Cryptobranchus bishopi Grobman, 1943
Plethodontidae
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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 arenicola (Stuart et al., 2020)
- 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
[edit]Order: Caudata. Family: Proteidae
- Necturus alabamensis Viosca, 1937
- Necturus beyeri Viosca, 1937
- Necturus lewisi Brimley, 1924
- Necturus louisianensis Viosca, 1938
- Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)
- Necturus punctatus (Gibbes, 1850)
Rhyacotritonidae
[edit]Order: Caudata. Family: Rhyacotritonidae
- Rhyacotriton cascadae Good & Wake, 1992
- Rhyacotriton kezeri Good & Wake, 1992
- Rhyacotriton olympicus (Gaige, 1917)
- Rhyacotriton variegatus Stebbins & Lowe, 1951
Salamandridae
[edit]Order: Caudata. Family: Salamandridae
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- 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
[edit]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)
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Ascaphidae
[edit]Order: Anura. Family: Ascaphidae
- Ascaphus montanus Mittleman & Myers, 1949
- Ascaphus truei Stejneger, 1899
Bufonidae
[edit]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
[edit]Order: Anura. Family: Craugastoridae
- Craugastor augusti (Dugès, 1879)
Dendrobatidae
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Order: Anura. Family: Dendrobatidae
- Dendrobates auratus (Girard, 1855)
Eleutherodactylidae
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Order: Anura. Family: Eleutherodactylidae
- Eleutherodactylus coqui Thomas, 1966
- Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides (Cope, 1877)
- Eleutherodactylus guttilatus (Cope, 1879)
- Eleutherodactylus marnockii (Cope, 1878)
- Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Cope, 1862)
Hylidae
[edit]- 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
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Order: Anura. Family: Leptodactylidae
- Leptodactylus fragilis (Brocchi, 1877)
Microhylidae
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Order: Anura. Family: Microhylidae
- Gastrophryne carolinensis (Holbrook, 1835)
- Gastrophryne mazatlanensis (Taylor, 1943)
- Gastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856)
- Hypopachus variolosus (Cope, 1866)
Pipidae
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- Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)
Ranidae
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- 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
[edit]Order: Anura. Family: Rhinophrynidae
- Rhinophrynus dorsalis Duméril & Bibron, 1841
Scaphiopodidae
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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
[edit]List of amphibians native to the United States by state:
- List of amphibians of Alabama
- List of amphibians of Alaska
- List of amphibians of Arizona
- List of amphibians of Arkansas
- List of amphibians of California
- List of amphibians of Colorado
- List of amphibians of Connecticut
- List of amphibians of Delaware
- List of amphibians of Florida
- List of amphibians of Georgia
- List of amphibians of Hawaii
- List of amphibians of Idaho
- List of amphibians of Illinois
- List of amphibians of Indiana
- List of amphibians of Iowa
- List of amphibians of Kansas
- List of amphibians of Kentucky
- List of amphibians of Louisiana
- List of amphibians of Maine
- List of amphibians of Maryland
- List of amphibians of Massachusetts
- List of amphibians of Michigan
- List of amphibians of Minnesota
- List of amphibians of Mississippi
- List of amphibians of Missouri
- List of amphibians of Montana
- List of amphibians of Nebraska
- List of amphibians of Nevada
- List of amphibians of New Hampshire
- List of amphibians of New Jersey
- List of amphibians of New Mexico
- List of amphibians of New York
- List of amphibians of North Carolina
- List of amphibians of North Dakota
- List of amphibians of Ohio
- List of amphibians of Oklahoma
- List of amphibians of Oregon
- List of amphibians of Pennsylvania
- List of amphibians of Rhode Island
- List of amphibians of South Carolina
- List of amphibians of South Dakota
- List of amphibians of Tennessee
- List of amphibians of Texas
- List of amphibians of Utah
- List of amphibians of Vermont
- List of amphibians of Virginia
- List of amphibians of Washington (state)
- List of amphibians of West Virginia
- List of amphibians of Wisconsin
- List of amphibians of Wyoming
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Frost 2015
- ^ The extinct species include the Vegas Valley leopard frog (Lithobates fisheri) and Ainsworth's salamander (Plethodon ainsworthi). See also AmphibiaWeb
- ^ Synonym: Rana fisheri
References
[edit]- 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.