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Quick links: California Giant Salamander California Slender Salamander Monterey Ensatina California Toad....Pacific Treefrog |
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The following amphibians are found in California: |
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CAUDATA (Salamanders) AMBYSTOMATIDAE (Mole Salamanders and relatives) Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825) - Eastern Tiger Salamander [Introduced] Ambystoma californiense Gray, 1853 - California Tiger Salamander Ambystoma gracile (Baird, 1857) - Northwestern Salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum macrodactylum Baird, 1849 - Long-toed Salamander Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum Russell & Anderson, 1956 - Santa Cruz Long-toed Salamander DICAMPTODONTIDAE (Giant and Olympic Salamanders) Dicamptodon ensatus (Eschscholtz, 1833) - California Giant Salamander Dicamptodon tenebrosus (Baird & Girard, 1852) - Pacific Giant Salamander RHYACOTRITONIDAE (Torrent Salamanders) Rhyacotriton variegatus Stebbins & Lowe, 1951 - Southern Torrent Salamander SALAMANDRIDAE (Newts) Taricha granulosa granulosa (Skilton, 1849) - Rough-skinned Newt Taricha torosa torosa (Rathke, 1833) - Coast Range Newt Taricha torosa sierrae (Twitty, 1942) - Sierra Newt Taricha rivularis (Twitty, 1935) - Red-bellied Newt PLETHODONTIDAE (Lungless Salamanders) Aneides flavipunctatus (Strauch, 1870) - Speckled Black Salamander Aneides ferreus Cope, 1869 - Clouded Salamander Aneides lugubris (Hallowell, 1849) - Arboreal Salamander Aneides niger Myers & Maslin, 1948 - Santa Cruz Black Salamander Aneides niger Myers & Maslin, 1948 - Wandering Salamander Batrachoseps attenuatus (Eschscholtz, 1833) - California Slender Salamander Batrachoseps campi Marlow, Brode & Wake, 1979 - Inyo Mountains Salamander Batrachoseps diabolicus Jackusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 - Hell Hollow Slender Salamander Batrachoseps gabrieli Wake 1996 - San Gabriel Slender Salamander Batrachoseps gavilanensis Jackusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 - Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander Batrachoseps gregarius Jackusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 - Gregarious Slender Salamander Batrachoseps incognitus Jackusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 - San Simeon Slender Salamander Batrachoseps kawia Jackusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 - Sequoia Slender Salamander Batrachoseps luciae Jackusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 - Santa Lucia Slender Salamander Batrachoseps major aridus Brame, 1970 - Desert Slender Salamander Batrachoseps major major Camp, 1915 - Garden Salamander Batrachoseps minor Jackusch, Yanev & Wake, 2001 - Lesser Slender Salamander Batrachoseps nigriventris Cope, 1869 - Black-bellied Slender Salamander Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope, 1865) - Channel Islands Slender Salamander Batrachoseps regius Jackusch, Wake & Yanev, 1998 - Kings River Slender Salamander Batrachoseps relictus Brame & Murray, 1968 - Relictual Slender Salamander Batrachoseps simatus Brame & Murray, 1968 - Kern Canyon Slender Salamander Batrachoseps stebbinsi Brame & Murray, 1968 - Tehachapi Slender Salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii croceator (Cope, 1867) - Yellow-blotched Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii Gray, 1850 - Monterey Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii oregonensis (Girard, 1856) - Oregon Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii picta Wood, 1940 - Painted Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis (Espada, 1875) - Sierra Nevada Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii xanthoptica Stebbins, 1949 - Yellow-eyed Ensatina Ensatina klauberi Dunn, 1929 - Large-blotched Salamander Hydromantes brunus Gorman, 1954 - Limestone Salamander Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916) - Mount Lyell Salamander Hydromantes shastae (Gorman & Camp, 1953) - Shasta Salamander Hydromantes sp. [status?] - Owen's Valley Web-toed Salamander Plethodon dunni Bishop, 1934 - Dunn's (Dunn) Salamander Plethodon elongatus Van Denburgh, 1916 - Del Norte Salamander Plethodon stormi Highton & Brame, 1965 - Siskiyou Mountains Salamander ANURA (Frogs and Toads) ASCAPHIDAE (Tailed Frogs) Ascaphus truei Stejneger, 1899 - Western Tailed Frog BUFONIDAE (True Toads) Bufo alvarius Girard, 1859 - Colorado River Toad Bufo boreas boreas Baird & Girard, 1852 - Western Toad Bufo boreas halophilus Baird & Girard, 1853 - California Toad Bufo californicus Camp, 1915 - Arroyo Toad Bufo canorus Camp, 1916 - Yosemite Toad Bufo cognatus Say, 1823 - Great Plains Toad Bufo exsul Myers, 1942 - Black Toad Bufo microscaphus Cope, 1866 - Arizona Toad Bufo punctatus Baird & Girard, 1852 - Red-spotted Toad Bufo woodhouseii woodhouseii Girard, 1854 - Woodhouse's Toad HYLIDAE (Treefrogs and relatives) Pseudacris cadaverina (Cope, 1866) - California Chorus Frog Pseudacris regilla (Baird & Girard, 1852) - Pacific Chorus Frog PELOBATIDAE (Spadefoot Toads) Scaphiopus couchii (Baird, 1854) - Couch's Spadefoot Spea hammondii (Baird, 1859) - Western Spadefoot Spea intermontana (Cope, 1863) - Great Basin Spadefoot PIPIDAE (Pipid Frogs) Xenopus laevis laevis (Daudin, 1802) - African Clawed Frog [Introduced] RANIDAE (True Frogs) Rana aurora aurora Baird & Girard, 1852 - Northern Red-legged Frog Rana aurora draytonii Baird & Girard, 1852 - California Red-legged Frog Rana berlandieri (Baird, 1854) - Rio Grande Leopard Frog [Introduced] Rana boylii Baird, 1854 - Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Rana cascadae Slater, 1939 - Cascades Frog Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802 - Bullfrog [Introduced] Rana muscosa Camp, 1917 - Mountain Yellow-legged Frog Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 - Northern Leopard Frog Rana pretiosa Baird & Girard, 1853 - Spotted Frog Rana sphenocephala utricularius (Harlan, 1825) - Southern Leopard Frog Rana yavapaiensis (Platz & Frost, 1984) - Lowland Leopard Frog |
