List of amphibians of the United States

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This is a **list of amphibians found in the United States**. A total of 306 amphibian species have been recorded in the United States, 2 of which are now extinct. 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

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)
* *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:

* 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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.