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  • = probably extirpated

Order Anura

Family Ascaphidae

Species Common name
Ascaphus truei Western tailed frog

Family Bufonidae

Species Common name
Bufo alvarius - Bufo boreas Western toad
Bufo californicus Arroyo toad
Bufo canorus Yosemite toad
Bufo cognatus Great Plains toad
Bufo exsul Black toad
Bufo microscaphus - Bufo punctatus Red-spotted toad
Bufo woodhousii Woodhouse's toad

Family Hylidae

Species Common name
Pseudacris cadaverina California chorus frog
Pseudacris hypochondriaca Southern Pacific chorus frog
Pseudacris regilla Northern Pacific chorus frog
Pseudacris sierra Central Pacific chorus frog

Family Scaphiopodidae

Species Common name
Scaphiopus couchii Couch's spadefoot
Spea hammondii Western spadefoot
Spea intermontana Great Basin spadefoot

Family Ranidae

Species Common name
Rana aurora Northern red-legged frog
Rana berlandieri Rio Grande leopard frog
Rana boylii Foothill yellow-legged frog
Rana cascadae Cascades frog
Rana catesbeiana American bullfrog
Rana draytonii California red-legged frog
Rana luteiventris - Rana muscosa Southern mountain yellow-legged frog
Rana pipiens Northern leopard frog
Rana pretiosa - Rana sierrae Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog
Rana sphenocephala - Rana yavapaiensis }

Family Pipidae

Species Common name
Xenopus laevis African clawed frog

Order Caudata

Family Ambystomatidae

Species Common name
Ambystoma californiense California tiger salamander
Amybstoma gracile Northwestern salamander
Ambystoma macrodactylum Long-toed salamander
Ambystoma mavortium Barred tiger salamander

Family Dicamptodontidae

Species Common name
Dicamptodon ensatus California giant salamander
Dicamptodon tenebrosus Pacific giant salamander

Family Plethodontidae

Species Common name
Aneides ferreus Clouded salamander
Aneides flavipunctatus Speckled black salamander
Aneides iëcanus Shasta black salamander
Aneides lugubris Arboreal salamander
Aneides niger Santa Cruz black salamander
Aneides vagrans Wandering salamander
Batrachoseps altasierrae Greenhorn Mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps attenuatus California slender salamander
Batrachoseps bramei Fairview slender salamander
Batrachoseps campi Inyo Mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps diabolicus Hell Hollow slender salamander
Batrachoseps gabrieli San Gabriel slender salamander
Batrachoseps gavilanensis Gabilan Mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps gregarius Gregarious slender salamander
Batrachoseps incognitus San Simeon slender salamander
Batrachoseps kawia Sequoia slender salamander
Batrachoseps luciae Santa Lucia Mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps major Garden slender salamander
Batrachoseps minor Lesser slender salamander
Batrachoseps nigriventris Black-bellied slender salamander
Batrachoseps pacificus Channel Islands slender salamander
Batrachoseps regius Kings River slender salamander
Batrachoseps relictus Relictual slender salamander
Batrachoseps robustus Kern Plateau slender salamander
Batrachoseps simatus Kern Canyon slender salamander
Batrachoseps stebbinsi Tehachapi slender salamander
Ensatina eschscholtzii Ensatina
Hydromantes brunus Limestone salamander
Hydromantes platycephalus Mount Lyell salamander
Hydromantes shastae Shasta salamander
Plethodon asupak Scott Bar salamander
Plethodon dunni Dunn's salamander
Plethodon elongatus Del Norte salamander
Plethodon stormi Siskiyou Mountains salamander

Family Rhyacotritonidae

Species Common name
Rhyacotriton variegatus Southern torrent salamander

Family Salamandridae

Species Common name
Taricha granulosa Rough-skinned newt
Taricha rivularis Red-bellied newt
Taricha sierrae Sierra newt
Taricha torosa California newt
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