List of amphibians of California

Species that are probably extirpated are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Order Anura

Family Ascaphidae

Image Species Common name
Ascaphus truei Coast tailed frog

Family Bufonidae

Image Species Common name
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

Family Hylidae

Image 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
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

Image Species Common name
Eleutherodactylus coqui[i] Common coquí

Family Pipidae

Image Species Common name
Xenopus laevis [i] African clawed frog

Order Caudata

Family Ambystomatidae

Image Species Common name
Ambystoma californiense [e] California tiger salamander
Ambystoma gracile Northwestern salamander
Ambystoma macrodactylum Long-toed salamander
Ambystoma mavortium[i] Barred tiger salamander

Family Dicamptodontidae

Image Species Common name
Dicamptodon ensatus [e] California giant salamander
Dicamptodon tenebrosus Pacific giant salamander

Family Plethodontidae

Image Species Common name
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

Image Species Common name
Rhyacotriton variegatus Southern torrent salamander

Family Salamandridae

Image Species Common name
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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