List of amphibians of California
Appearance
Species that are probably extirpated are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Family Ascaphidae
[edit]Image | Species | Common name |
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Ascaphus truei | Coast tailed frog |
Image | Species | Common name |
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Incilius alvarius | Sonoran desert toad * | |
Anaxyrus boreas halophilus | Western toad | |
Anaxyrus californicus | Arroyo toad | |
Anaxyrus canorus [e] | Yosemite toad | |
Anaxyrus cognatus | Great Plains toad | |
Anaxyrus exsul [e] | Black toad | |
Anaxyrus microscaphus | Arizona toad * | |
Anaxyrus punctatus | Red-spotted toad | |
Anaxyrus woodhousii | Woodhouse's toad |
Image | Species | Common name |
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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
[edit]Image | Species | Common name |
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Scaphiopus couchii | Couch's spadefoot | |
Spea hammondii | Western spadefoot | |
Spea intermontana | Great Basin spadefoot |
Image | Species | Common name |
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Lithobates berlandieri [i] | Rio Grande leopard frog | |
Lithobates catesbeianus [i] | American bullfrog | |
Lithobates pipiens | Northern leopard frog | |
Lithobates sphenocephalus [i] | Southern leopard frog * | |
Lithobates yavapaiensis | Lowland leopard frog * | |
Rana aurora | Northern red-legged frog | |
Rana boylii | Foothill yellow-legged frog | |
Rana cascadae | Cascades frog | |
Rana draytonii | California red-legged frog | |
Rana luteiventris | Columbia spotted frog * | |
Rana muscosa [e] | Southern mountain yellow-legged frog | |
Rana pretiosa | Oregon spotted frog * | |
Rana sierrae | Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog |
Family Eleutherodactylidae
[edit]Image | Species | Common name |
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Eleutherodactylus coqui[i] | Common coquí |
Image | Species | Common name |
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Xenopus laevis [i] | African clawed frog |
Family Ambystomatidae
[edit]Image | Species | Common name |
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Ambystoma californiense [e] | California tiger salamander | |
Ambystoma gracile | Northwestern salamander | |
Ambystoma macrodactylum | Long-toed salamander | |
Ambystoma mavortium[i] | Barred tiger salamander |
Family Dicamptodontidae
[edit]Image | Species | Common name |
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Dicamptodon ensatus [e] | California giant salamander | |
Dicamptodon tenebrosus | Pacific giant salamander |
Family Plethodontidae
[edit]Image | Species | Common name |
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Aneides ferreus | Clouded salamander | |
Aneides flavipunctatus | Speckled black salamander | |
Aneides iecanus | Shasta black salamander | |
Aneides klamathensis | Klamath black salamander | |
Aneides lugubris | Arboreal salamander | |
Aneides niger | Santa Cruz black salamander | |
Aneides vagrans [e] | Wandering salamander | |
Batrachoseps altasierrae | Greenhorn Mountains slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps attenuatus | California slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps bramei | Fairview slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps campi [e] | Inyo Mountains slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps diabolicus [e] | Hell Hollow slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps gabrieli [e] | San Gabriel Mountains slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps gavilanensis [e] | Gabilan Mountains slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps gregarius [e] | Gregarious slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps incognitus [e] | San Simeon slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps kawia [e] | Sequoia slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps luciae [e] | Santa Lucia Mountains slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps major | Garden slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps minor [e] | Lesser slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps nigriventris [e] | Black-bellied slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps pacificus [e] | Channel Islands slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps regius [e] | Kings River slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps relictus [e] | Relictual slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps robustus [e] | Kern Plateau slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps simatus [e] | Kern Canyon slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps stebbinsi [e] | Tehachapi slender salamander | |
Batrachoseps wakei | Arguello slender salamander[e] | |
Ensatina eschscholtzii | Ensatina | |
Hydromantes brunus [e] | Limestone salamander | |
Hydromantes platycephalus [e] | Mount Lyell salamander | |
Hydromantes samweli[e] | Samwel Shasta salamander | |
Hydromantes shastae [e] | Shasta salamander | |
Hydromantes wintu [e] | Windu Shasta salamander | |
Plethodon asupak [e] | Scott Bar salamander | |
Plethodon dunni | Dunn's salamander | |
Plethodon elongatus | Del Norte salamander | |
Plethodon stormi | Siskiyou Mountains salamander |
Family Rhyacotritonidae
[edit]Image | Species | Common name |
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Rhyacotriton variegatus | Southern torrent salamander |
Family Salamandridae
[edit]Image | Species | Common name |
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Taricha granulosa | Rough-skinned newt | |
Taricha rivularis [e] | Red-bellied newt | |
Taricha sierrae [e] | Sierra Nevada newt | |
Taricha torosa [e] | California newt |
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