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,Frost 2015 2 of which are now extinct.The extinct species include the Vegas Valley leopard frog (Lithobates fisheri) and Ainsworth's salamander (Plethodon ainsworthi). See also AmphibiaWeb This list is derived from the database listing of Amphibian Species of the World.
== Salamanders (Caudata) ==
=== Ambystomatidae ===
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 ===
Order: Caudata. 
Family: Amphiumidae
* Amphiuma means Garden, 1821
* Amphiuma pholeter Neill, 1964
* Amphiuma tridactylum Cuvier, 1827
=== Cryptobranchidae ===
Order: Caudata. 
Family: Cryptobranchidae
* Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801)
* Cryptobranchus bishopi Grobman, 1943
=== Plethodontidae ===
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
* 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) ==
=== Ascaphidae ===
Order: Anura. 
Family: Ascaphidae
* Ascaphus montanus Mittleman & Myers, 1949
* Ascaphus truei Stejneger, 1899
=== Bufonidae ===
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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
* Craugastor augusti (Dugès, 1879)
=== Dendrobatidae ===
Order: Anura. 
Family: Dendrobatidae
* Dendrobates auratus (Girard, 1855)
=== Eleutherodactylidae ===
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 ===
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 ===
Order: Anura. 
Family: Leptodactylidae 
* Leptodactylus fragilis (Brocchi, 1877)
=== Microhylidae ===
Order: Anura. 
Family: Microhylidae
* Gastrophryne carolinensis (Holbrook, 1835)
* Gastrophryne mazatlanensis (Taylor, 1943)
* Gastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856)
* Hypopachus variolosus (Cope, 1866)
=== Pipidae ===
Order: Anura. 
Family: Pipidae 
* Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802)
=== Ranidae ===
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)Synonym: Rana fisheri
* 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 ===
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 ==
== References ==
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