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==[[Amphibians]]==
* = probably extirpated


Species that are probably extirpated are indicated with an asterisk (*).
===[[Order Anura]]===

====[[Family Ascaphidae]]====
== Order [[Frog|Anura]] ==

=== Family [[Ascaphidae]] ===
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====[[Family Bufonidae]]====
=== Family [[Bufonidae]] ===
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|[[File:Arroyotoadsandiegonwr.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Arroyotoadsandiegonwr.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Bufo californicus]]''
|''[[Anaxyrus californicus]]''
|Arroyo toad
|Arroyo toad
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|[[File:Great Plains Toad (15469071105).jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Great Plains Toad (15469071105).jpg|110px]]
|''[[Bufo cognatus]]''
|''[[Anaxyrus cognatus]]''
|Great Plains toad
|Great Plains toad
|-
|-
|[[File:Anaxyrus exsul 001.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Anaxyrus exsul 001.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Bufo exsul]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|''[[Anaxyrus exsul]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Black toad
|Black toad
|-
|-
|[[File:Arizona toad 2 c r.jpg|110px]]
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|''[[Bufo microscaphus]]''
|''[[Anaxyrus microscaphus]]''
|Arizona toad *
|Arizona toad *
|-
|-
|[[File:Bufo punctatus02.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Bufo punctatus02.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Bufo punctatus]]''
|''[[Anaxyrus punctatus]]''
|Red-spotted toad
|Red-spotted toad
|-
|-
|[[File:1052 woodhouses toad sponseller odfw (4426826537).jpg|110px]]
|[[File:1052 woodhouses toad sponseller odfw (4426826537).jpg|110px]]
|''[[Bufo woodhousii]]''
|''[[Anaxyrus woodhousii]]''
|Woodhouse's toad
|Woodhouse's toad
|}
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====[[Family Hylidae]]====
=== Family [[Hylidae]] ===
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|[[File:California tree frog (Pseudacris cadaverina); adult (14045634798).jpg|110px]]
|''[[Pseudacris cadaverina]]''
|''[[Pseudacris cadaverina]]''
|California chorus frog
|California chorus frog
|-
|-
|[[File:Pseudacris hypochondriaca 348044410.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Pseudacris hypochondriaca]]''
|''[[Pseudacris hypochondriaca]]''
|Southern Pacific chorus frog
|Southern Pacific chorus frog
|-
|-
|[[File:Pseudacris regilla brown.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Pseudacris regilla]]''
|''[[Pseudacris regilla]]''
|Northern Pacific chorus frog
|Northern Pacific chorus frog
|-
|-
|[[File:180202-FS-Plumas-TH-001 (26674733767).jpg|110px]]
|''[[Pseudacris sierra]]''
|''[[Pseudacris sierra]]''
|Central Pacific chorus frog
|Central Pacific chorus frog
|}
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====[[Family Scaphiopodidae]]====
=== Family [[Scaphiopodidae]] ===
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====[[Family Ranidae]]====
=== Family [[Ranidae]] ===
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|[[File:Rana berlandieri.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Lithobates berlandieri]]'' {{ref_label|Introduced|i|introduced}}
|Rio Grande leopard frog
|-
|[[File:North-American-bullfrog1.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Lithobates catesbeianus]]'' {{ref_label|Introduced|i|introduced}}
|American bullfrog
|-
|[[File:Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (12911428934).jpg|110px]]
|''[[Lithobates pipiens]]''
|Northern leopard frog
|-
|[[File:Lithobates sphenocephalus adult 1.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Lithobates sphenocephalus]]'' {{ref_label|Introduced|i|introduced}}
|Southern leopard frog *
|-
|[[File:Lithobates yavapaiensis 2.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Lithobates yavapaiensis]]''
|Lowland leopard frog *
|-
|-
|[[File:Rana aurora 6230.JPG|110px]]
|[[File:Rana aurora 6230.JPG|110px]]
|''[[Rana aurora]]''
|''[[Rana aurora]]''
|Northern red-legged frog
|Northern red-legged frog
|-
|[[File:Rana berlandieri.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Rana berlandieri]]'' {{ref_label|Introduced|i|introduced}}
|Rio Grande leopard frog
|-
|-
|[[File:Rana boylii.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Rana boylii.jpg|110px]]
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|''[[Rana cascadae]]''
|''[[Rana cascadae]]''
|Cascades frog
|Cascades frog
|-
|[[File:North-American-bullfrog1.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Rana catesbeiana]]'' {{ref_label|Introduced|i|introduced}}
|American bullfrog
|-
|-
|[[File:Rana aurora.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Rana aurora.jpg|110px]]
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|''[[Rana muscosa]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|''[[Rana muscosa]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Southern mountain yellow-legged frog
|Southern mountain yellow-legged frog
|-
|[[File:Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (12911428934).jpg|110px]]
|''[[Lithobates pipiens]]''
|Northern leopard frog
|-
|-
|[[File:Columbiaspottedfrog.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Columbiaspottedfrog.jpg|110px]]
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|''[[Rana sierrae]]''
|''[[Rana sierrae]]''
|Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog
|Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog
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=== Family [[Eleutherodactylidae]] ===
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|[[File:Lithobates sphenocephalus adult 1.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Coquí en la finca.tiff|110px]]
|''[[Lithobates sphenocephalus]]'' {{ref_label|Introduced|i|introduced}}
|''[[Eleutherodactylus coqui]]''{{ref_label|Introduced|i|introduced}}
|Common coquí
|Southern leopard frog *
|-
|[[File:Lithobates yavapaiensis 2.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Rana yavapaiensis]]''
|Lowland leopard frog *
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====[[Family Pipidae]]====
=== Family [[Pipidae]] ===
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===[[Order Caudata]]===
== Order [[Caudata]] ==

====[[Family Ambystomatidae]]====
=== Family [[Ambystomatidae]] ===
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|[[File:Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium1.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium1.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Ambystoma mavortium]]''
|''[[Ambystoma mavortium]]''{{ref_label|Introduced|i|introduced}}
|Barred tiger salamander
|Barred tiger salamander
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====[[Family Dicamptodontidae]]====
=== Family [[Dicamptodontidae]] ===
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====[[Family Plethodontidae]]====
=== Family [[Plethodontidae]] ===
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|Speckled black salamander
|Speckled black salamander
|-
|-
|[[File:Aneides iecanus.png|110px]]
|
|''[[Aneides iëcanus]]''
|''[[Aneides iecanus]]''
|Shasta black salamander
|Shasta black salamander
|-
|[[File:Holotype of Aneides klamathensis (cropped).png|110px]]
|''[[Aneides klamathensis]]''
|Klamath black salamander
|-
|-
|[[File:Aneides lugubris 2.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Aneides lugubris 2.jpg|110px]]
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|Santa Cruz black salamander
|Santa Cruz black salamander
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|-
|[[File:Aneides vagrans imported from iNaturalist photo 35397895 on 29 September 2019.png|110px]]
|
|''[[Aneides vagrans]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|''[[Aneides vagrans]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Wandering salamander
|Wandering salamander
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|Greenhorn Mountains slender salamander
|Greenhorn Mountains slender salamander
|-
|-
|[[File:California slender salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus) 2.jpg|110px]]
|
|''[[Batrachoseps attenuatus]]''
|''[[Batrachoseps attenuatus]]''
|California slender salamander
|California slender salamander
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|Fairview slender salamander
|Fairview slender salamander
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|-
|[[File:Inyo Mountains Salamander imported from iNaturalist photo 33477638 on 20 April 2022.jpg|110px]]
|
|''[[Batrachoseps campi]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|''[[Batrachoseps campi]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Inyo Mountains slender salamander
|Inyo Mountains slender salamander
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|Gregarious slender salamander
|Gregarious slender salamander
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|-
|[[File:Batrachoseps incognitus.jpg|110px]]
|
|''[[Batrachoseps incognitus]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|''[[Batrachoseps incognitus]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|San Simeon slender salamander
|San Simeon slender salamander
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|Garden slender salamander
|Garden slender salamander
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|-
|[[File:Batrachoseps minor.jpg|110px]]
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|''[[Batrachoseps minor]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|''[[Batrachoseps minor]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Lesser slender salamander
|Lesser slender salamander
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|Kings River slender salamander
|Kings River slender salamander
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|-
|[[File:Batrachoseps relictus.jpg|110px]]
|
|''[[Batrachoseps relictus]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|''[[Batrachoseps relictus]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Relictual slender salamander
|Relictual slender salamander
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|Kern Canyon slender salamander
|Kern Canyon slender salamander
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|-
|[[File:Batrachoseps-stebbinsi.jpg|110px]]
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|''[[Batrachoseps stebbinsi]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|''[[Batrachoseps stebbinsi]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Tehachapi slender salamander
|Tehachapi slender salamander
|-
|
|''[[Batrachoseps wakei]]''
|Arguello slender salamander{{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|-
|-
|[[File:Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Ensatina eschscholtzii klauberi.jpg|110px]]
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|Ensatina
|Ensatina
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|-
|[[File:Hydromantes brunus.jpg|110px]]
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|''[[Hydromantes brunus]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|''[[Hydromantes brunus]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Limestone salamander
|Limestone salamander
|-
|-
|[[File:Hydromantes platycephalus.jpg|110px]]
|
|''[[Hydromantes platycephalus]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|''[[Hydromantes platycephalus]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Mount Lyell salamander
|Mount Lyell salamander
|-
|-
|[[File:Samwel Shasta Salamander imported from iNaturalist photo 115960586 on 22 December 2021.jpg|110px]]
|''[[Hydromantes samweli]]''{{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Samwel Shasta salamander
|-
|-
|
|
|''[[Hydromantes shastae]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|''[[Hydromantes shastae]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Shasta salamander
|Shasta salamander
|-
|
|''[[Hydromantes wintu]]'' {{ref_label|Endemic|e|endemic}}
|Windu Shasta salamander
|-
|-
|[[File:Coastal Giant Salamander, Dicamptodon tenebrosus.jpg|110px]]
|[[File:Coastal Giant Salamander, Dicamptodon tenebrosus.jpg|110px]]
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|Del Norte salamander
|Del Norte salamander
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|-
|[[File:Plethodon stormi 33477528.jpg|110px]]
|
|''[[Plethodon stormi]]''
|''[[Plethodon stormi]]''
|Siskiyou Mountains salamander
|Siskiyou Mountains salamander
|}
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====[[Family Rhyacotritonidae]]====
=== Family [[Rhyacotritonidae]] ===
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====[[Family Salamandridae]]====
=== Family [[Salamandridae]] ===
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Latest revision as of 01:53, 14 October 2024

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

Order Anura

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Family Ascaphidae

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Image Species Common name
Ascaphus truei Coast tailed frog

Family Bufonidae

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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

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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

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Image Species Common name
Scaphiopus couchii Couch's spadefoot
Spea hammondii Western spadefoot
Spea intermontana Great Basin spadefoot

Family Ranidae

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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

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Image Species Common name
Eleutherodactylus coqui[i] Common coquí

Family Pipidae

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

Order Caudata

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Family Ambystomatidae

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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

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

Family Plethodontidae

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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

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Image Species Common name
Rhyacotriton variegatus Southern torrent salamander

Family Salamandridae

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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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