List of amphibians of the United States

This is a list of amphibians found in the United States. A total of 306 amphibian species have been recorded in the United States, 2 of which are now extinct. This list is derived from the database listing of Amphibian Species of the World.

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 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

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)
 * 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)