List of amphibians of California facts for kids

Amphibians

• = probably extirpated

Order Anura

Family Ascaphidae

Image	Species	Common name
	Ascaphus truei	Coast tailed frog

Family Bufonidae

Image	Species	Common name
	Incilius alvarius	Sonoran desert toad *
	Anaxyrus boreas halophilus	Western toad
	Bufo californicus	Arroyo toad
	Anaxyrus canorus	Yosemite toad
	Bufo cognatus	Great Plains toad
	Bufo exsul	Black toad
	Bufo microscaphus	Arizona toad *
	Bufo punctatus	Red-spotted toad
	Bufo woodhousii	Woodhouse's toad

Family Hylidae

Family Scaphiopodidae

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

Family Ranidae

Image	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	Columbia spotted frog *
	Rana muscosa	Southern mountain yellow-legged frog
	Lithobates pipiens	Northern leopard frog
	Rana pretiosa	Oregon spotted frog *
	Rana sierrae	Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog
	Lithobates sphenocephalus	Southern leopard frog *
	Rana yavapaiensis	Lowland leopard frog *

Family Pipidae

Image	Species	Common name
	Xenopus laevis	African clawed frog

Order Caudata

Family Ambystomatidae

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

Family Dicamptodontidae

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

Family Plethodontidae

Image	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 Mountains 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

Image	Species	Common name
	Rhyacotriton variegatus	Southern torrent salamander

Family Salamandridae

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