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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,[1] 2 of which are now extinct.[2] This list is derived from the database listing of Amphibian Species of the World.[1]

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 arenicola (Stuart et al., 2020)
• 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)[3]
• 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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