List of amphibians of California facts for kids
Contents
Amphibians
- = probably extirpated
Order Anura
Family Ascaphidae
Image | Species | Common name |
---|---|---|
Ascaphus truei | Coast tailed frog |
Family Bufonidae
Image | Species | Common name |
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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
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
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 |
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