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| Scientific Name |
Common Name |
Original Description |
Alternate Name |
Sounds |
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| Order Anura |
Frogs |
Duméril, 1806 (as Anoures) |
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| Acris |
Cricket Frogs |
Duméril and Bibron, 1841 |
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| Acris blanchardi |
Blanchard's Cricket Frog |
Harper, 1947 |
Formerly A. crepitans |
Sounds |
| Acris crepitans |
Eastern Cricket Frog |
Baird, 1854 |
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Sounds Only |
| Acris gryllus |
Southern Cricket Frog |
(LeConte, 1825) |
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Sounds |
| Adelotus |
Tusked Frogs |
Ogilby, 1907 |
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| Adelotus brevis |
Tusked Frog |
(Gunther, 1863) |
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| Anaxyrus |
North American Toads |
Tschudi, 1845 |
Bufo |
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| Anaxyrus americanus |
American Toad |
(Holbrook, 1836) |
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| Anaxyrus americanus americanus |
Eastern American Toad |
(Holbrook, 1836) |
Bufo americanus americanus |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus boreas |
Western Toad |
(Baird and Girard, 1852) |
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| Anaxyrus boreas boreas (CA) + (NW) |
Boreal Toad (CA) |
(Baird and Girard, 1852) |
Bufo boreas boreas
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Sounds |
| Anaxyrus boreas halophilus (CA) + (BC) |
California Toad (CA) |
(Baird and Girard, 1853 |
Bufo boreas halophilus - California Toad |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus californicus (CA) + (BC) |
Arroyo Toad (CA) |
(Camp, 1915) |
Bufo californicus |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus canorus |
Yosemite Toad |
(Camp, 1916) |
Bufo canorus |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus cognatus (CA) + (SW) |
Great Plains Toad (CA) |
(Say, 1823) |
Bufo cognatus |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus debilis |
Green Toad |
(Girard, 1854) |
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| Anaxyrus debilis insidior |
Western Chihuahuan Green Toad |
(Girard, 1854) |
Bufo debilis insidior
Western Green Toad |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus exsul |
Black Toad |
(Myers, 1942) |
Bufo exsul |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus fowleri |
Fowler's Toad |
Hinckley (1882) |
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| Anaxyrus hemiophrys |
Canadian Toad |
(Cope, 1886) |
Bufo hemiophrys |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus houstonensis |
Houston Toad |
(Sanders, 1953) |
Bufo houstonensis |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus microscaphus (CA) + (SW) |
Arizona Toad (CA) |
(Cope, 1866) |
Bufo microscaphus |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus monfontanus |
Hot Creek Toad |
(Gordon, Simandle, Sandmeier, and Tracy, 2020) |
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| Anaxyrus nelsoni |
Amargosa Toad |
(Stejneger, 1893) |
Bufo nelsoni |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus nevadensis |
Railroad Valley Toad |
(Gordon, Simandle, Sandmeier, and Tracy, 2020) |
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| Anaxyrus punctatus (CA) + (SW) + (BC) + (TX) |
Red-spotted Toad (CA) |
(Baird and Girard, 1852) |
Bufo punctatus |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus quercicus |
Oak Toad |
Holbrook (1840) |
Bufo quercicus |
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| Anaxyrus retiformis |
Sonoran Green Toad |
(Sanders and Smith, 1951) |
Bufo retiformis |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus speciosus |
Texas Toad |
(Girard, 1854) |
Bufo speciosus |
Sounds |
| Anaxyrus terrestris |
Southern Toad |
(Bonnaterre, 1789) |
Bufo terrestris |
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| Anaxyrus williamsi |
Dixie Valley Toad |
Gordon, Simandle & Tracy, 2017 |
Bufo williamsi |
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| Anaxyrus woodhousii |
Woodhouse's Toad |
(Girard, 1854) |
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| Anaxyrus woodhousii australis |
Southwestern Woodhouse's Toad |
(Shannon and Lowe, 1955) |
Bufo woodhousii australis |
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(Hybrids of A. woodhousii x A. fowleri)
(Formerly Anaxyrus woodhousii velatus) |
East Texas Toad |
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| Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii (CA) (NW) |
Rocky Mountain Toad (CA) |
(Girard, 1854) |
Bufo woodhousii woodhousii |
Sounds |
| Ascaphus |
Tailed Frogs |
Stejneger, 1899 |
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| Ascaphus montanus |
Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog |
Mittleman and Myers, 1949 |
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| Ascaphus truei (CA) + (NW) |
Coastal Tailed Frog (CA) |
Stejneger, 1899 |
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| Cophixalus |
Rainforest Frogs |
Boettger, 1892 |
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| Cophixalus ornatus |
Northern Ornate Nursery Frog |
(Fry, 1912) |
Ornate Nursery Frog |
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| Crinia |
(Australian Ground Frogs
with separated toes) |
Tschudi, 1838 |
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| Crinia parinsignifera |
Beeping Froglet |
Main, 1957 |
Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet |
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| Cyclorana |
(Water-holding Frogs) |
Steindachner, 1867 |
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| Cyclorana alboguttata |
Green-striped Frog |
(Gunther, 1867) |
Striped Burrowing Frog |
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| Cyclorana novaehollandiae |
Eastern Snapping Frog |
Steindachner, 1867 |
New Holland Frog
Giant Water-holding Frog
New Holland Water-holding Frog
Wide-mouthed Frog |
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| Cyclorana platycephala |
Water-holding Frog |
(Gunther, 1873) |
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| Cyclorana verrucosa |
Rough Collared Frog |
Tyler & Martin, 1977 |
Rough Frog |
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| Duttaphrynus |
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Frost et al., 2006 |
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| Duttaphrynus (Bufo) melanostictus |
Common Indian Toad |
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| Eleutherodactylus |
Rain Frogs |
Duméril and Bibron, 1841 |
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| Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides |
Rio Grande Chirping Frog |
(Cope, 1877) |
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| Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides campi |
Rio Grande Chirping Frog |
Stejneger, 1915 |
Syrrophus campi |
Sounds |
| Eleutherodactylus marnockii |
Cliff Chirping Frog |
(Cope, 1878) |
Syrrhophus marnockii |
Sounds |
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| Fejervarya |
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Bolkay, 1915 |
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| Fejervarya syhadrensis |
Long-legged Cricket Frog
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Southern Cricket Frog
Indian Cricket Frog
Syhadra Frog |
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| Gastrophryne |
North American Narrow-mouthed Toads |
Fitzinger, 1843 |
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| Gastrophryne carolinensis |
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad |
(Holbrook, 1836) |
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| Gastrophryne mazatlanensis |
Sinaloan Narrow-mouthed Toad |
Hallowell, 1856 |
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Sounds |
| Gastrophryne olivacea |
Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad |
(Hallowell, 1857 “1856”) |
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| Hyla |
Holarctic Treefrogs |
Laurenti, 1768 |
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| Hyla arenicolor |
Canyon Treefrog |
Cope, 1866 |
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Sounds |
| Hyla chrysoscelis |
Cope's Gray Treefrog |
Cope 1880 |
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Sounds |
| Hyla cinerea (TX) + (MISC) |
Green Treefrog (TX) |
Schneider, 1799 |
(Dryophytes cinereus) |
Sounds |
| Hyla squirella (TX) + (MISC) |
Squirrel Treefrog (TX) |
Bosc, 1800 |
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Sounds |
| Hyla versicolor |
Gray Treefrog |
LeConte, 1825 / Cope, 1880 |
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Sounds |
| Hyla wrightorum |
Arizona Treefrog |
Taylor, 1939 “1938” |
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Sounds |
| Hylarana |
Wood Frogs |
(Steindachner, 1868) |
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| Hylarana daemeli |
Wood Frog |
(Steindachner, 1868) |
Rana daemeli - Wood Frog |
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| Hypopachus |
Sheep Frogs |
Keferstein, 1867 |
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| Hypopachus variolosus |
Sheep Frog |
(Cope, 1866) |
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Sounds |
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| Incilius |
Central American Toads |
Cope, 1875 |
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| Incilius alvarius |
Sonoran Desert Toad |
(Girard, 1859) |
Bufo alvarius |
Sounds |
| Incilius nebulifer |
Gulf Coast Toad |
(Girard, 1854) |
Bufo nebulifer |
Sounds |
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L |
| Limnodynastes |
Australian Swamp Frogs |
Fitzinger, 1843 |
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| Limnodynastes peronii |
Striped Marsh Frog |
(Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) |
Brown-striped Frog |
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| Lithobates |
American Water Frogs |
Fitzinger, 1843 |
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| Lithobates berlandieri (CA) + (TX) |
Rio Grande Leopard Frog (CA) |
(Baird, 1854) |
Rana berlandieri |
Sounds |
| Lithobates capito |
Gopher Frog |
Frost, 2006
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Florida Gopher Frog -
Lithobates capito aesopus |
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Lithobates catesbeianus
(CA) + (NW) + (TX) + (BC) + (SW) + (MISC) |
American Bullfrog (CA) |
(Shaw, 1802) |
Rana catesbeiana
North American Bullfrog |
Sounds |
| Lithobates chiricahuensis |
Chiricahua Leopard Frog |
(Platz and Mecham, 1979) |
Rana fisheri |
Sounds |
Lithobates clamitans (TX) + (MISC) + (NW)
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Green Frog (TX) |
(Latreille, 1801) |
Northern Green Frog -
Rana clamitans melanota
(Rafinesque, 1820)
and
Bronze Frog -
Rana clamitans clamitans (Latreille, 1801) |
Sounds |
| Lithobates grylio |
Pig Frog |
(Stejneger, 1901) |
Rana grylio |
Sounds |
| LIthobates onca |
Relict Leopard Frog |
(Cope, 1875) |
Rana onca |
Sounds |
| Lithobates palustris |
Pickerel Frog |
(LeConte, 1825) |
Rana palustris |
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| Lithobates pipiens (CA) + (NW) + (SW) + (Misc) |
Northern Leopard Frog (CA) |
(Schreber, 1782) |
Rana pipiens |
Sounds |
| Lithobates sphenocephalus (CA) + (TX) + (Misc) |
Southern Leopard Frog (CA) |
(Cope, 1886) |
Rana sphenocephala |
Sounds |
| Lithobates sylvaticus |
Wood Frog |
Leconte (1825) |
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| Lithobates tarahumarae |
Tarahumara Frog |
(Boulenger, 1917) |
Rana tarahumarae |
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| Lithobates yavapaiensis (CA) + (SW) |
Lowland Leopard Frog (CA) |
(Platz and Frost, 1984) |
Rana yavapaiensis |
Sounds |
| Litoria |
Australasian Treefrogs |
Tschudi, 1838 |
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| Litoria caerulea |
Green Tree Frog |
(White, 1790) |
White's Tree Frog
Dumpy Tree Frog
Australian Green Tree Frog |
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| Litoria chloris |
Southern Orange-eyed Tree Frog |
(Boulenger, 1893) |
Red-eyed Tree Frog |
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| Litoria dahlii |
Dahl's Aquatic Frog |
(Boulenger, 1896) |
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| Litoria fallax |
Eastern Sedge Frog |
(Peters, 1880) |
Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog |
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| Litoria gilleni |
Centralian Tree Frog |
(Spencer, 1896) |
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| Litoria gracilenta |
Graceful Tree Frog |
(Peters, 1869) |
Dainty Tree Frog |
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| Litoria inermis |
Bumpy Rocket Frog |
(Peters, 1867) |
Floodplain Frog |
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| Litoria jungguy |
Northern Stony-creek Frog |
Donnellan & Mahony, 2004 |
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| Litoria latopalmata |
Broad-palmed Rocket Frog |
Gunther, 1867 |
Broad-palmed Frog |
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| Litoria myola |
Kuranda Tree Frog |
Hoskin 2007 |
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| Litoria nannotis |
Waterfall Frog |
(Andersson, 1916) |
Torrent Tree Frog |
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| Litoria nasuta |
Striped Rocket Frog |
(Gray, 1842) |
Rocket Frog |
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| Litoria nigrofrenata |
Tawny Rocket Frog |
(Gunther, 1867) |
Bridled Frog |
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| Litoria pearsoniana |
Cascade Tree Frog |
(Copland, 1961) |
Pearson's Tree Frog |
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| Litoria peronii |
Emerald-spotted Tree Frog |
(Tschudi, 1838) |
Peron's Tree Frog |
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| Litoria rheocola |
Common Mist Frog |
Liem, 1974 |
Creek Frog |
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| Litoria rothii |
Northern Laughing Tree Frog |
(De Vis, 1884) |
Roth's Tree Frog |
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| Litoria rubella |
Desert Tree Frog |
(Gray, 1842) |
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| Litoria serrata |
Green-eyed Tree Frog |
(Andersson, 1916) |
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| Litoria tyleri |
Laughing Tree Frog |
(Martin, Watson, Gartside, Littlejohn & Loftus-Hills, 1979) |
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| Litoria wilcoxi |
Eastern Stony Creek Frog |
(Gunther, 1864) |
Stony Creek Frog |
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| Mixophyes |
Barred Frogs |
Günther, 1864 |
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| Mixophyes coggeri |
Mottled Barred Frog |
Mahony, Donnellan, Richards & McDonald, 2006 |
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| Mixophyes fasciolatus |
Great Barred Frog |
Gunther, 1864 |
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| Mixophyes schevilli |
Northern Barred Frog |
Loveridge, 1933 |
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| Nyctimystes |
Big-Eyed Tree Frogs |
Stejneger, 1916 |
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| Nyctimystes dayi |
Australian Lace-lid |
(Gunther, 1897) |
Litoria dayi
Day’s Frog
Lace-eyed Tree Frog
Day's Big-eyed Tree Frog |
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| Osteopilus |
West Indian Treefrogs |
Fitzinger, 1843 |
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| Osteopilus septentrionalis |
Cuban Treefrog |
(Duméril and Bibron, 1841) |
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| Platyplectrum |
Australian Burrowing Frogs |
Günther, 1863 |
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Platyplectrum ornatum
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Ornate Burrowing-Frog |
(Gray, 1842) |
Opisthodon ornatus -
Ornate Burrowing Frog |
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| Platyplectrum spenceri |
Centralian Burrowing-Frog |
(Parker, 1940) |
Opisthodon spenceri - Spencer's Burrowing Frog |
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| Polypedates |
Whipping Frogs |
Tschudi, 1838 |
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| Polypedates (Rhacophorus) maculatus |
Common Tree Frog |
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| Pseudacris |
Chorus Frogs |
Fitzinger, 1843 |
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| Pseudacris cadaverina (CA) + (BC) |
California Treefrog (or Chorus Frog) (CA) |
(Cope, 1866) |
California Chorus Frog, Hyla cadaverina |
Sounds |
| Pseudacris clarkii |
Spotted Chorus Frog |
(Baird, 1854) |
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Sounds |
| Pseudacris crucifer |
Spring Peeper |
(Wied-Neuwied, 1838) |
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Sounds |
Pseudacris hypochondriaca (CA) + (BC)
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Baja California Treefrog (CA) |
(Hallowell, 1854) |
Pseudacris regilla (or Hyla regilla) -
Pacific Treefrog or Pacific Chorus Frog
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Sounds |
| Pseudacris maculata (SW) + (MISC) |
Boreal Chorus Frog (SW) |
(Agassiz, 1850) |
Pseudacris triseriata - Western Chorus Frog |
Sounds |
| Pseudacris regilla (CA) + (NW) |
Pacific Treefrog (CA) |
(Baird and Girard, 1852) |
Pseudacris regilla (or Hyla regilla)
Northern Pacific Treefrog
Pacific Chorus Frog |
Sounds |
Pseudacris sierra
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Sierran Treefrog |
(Jameson, Mackey, and Richmond, 1966) |
Pseudacris regilla (or Hyla regilla) -
Pacific Treefrog or Pacific Chorus Frog |
Sounds |
| Pseudacris streckeri |
Strecker's Chorus Frog |
Wright and Wright, 1933 |
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Sounds |
| Pseudophryne |
Toadlets (Ground Frogs) |
Fitzinger, 1843 |
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| Pseudophryne raveni |
Copper-backed Broodfrog |
Ingram & Corben, 1994 |
Copper-backed Brood Frog |
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| Rana |
Brown Frogs |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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| Rana aurora (CA) + (NW) |
Northern Red-legged Frog (CA) |
Baird and Girard, 1852 |
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Sounds |
| Rana boylii (CA) + (NW) |
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (CA) |
Baird, 1854 |
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Sounds |
| Rana cascadae (CA) + (NW) |
Cascades Frog (CA) |
Slater, 1939 |
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Sounds |
| Rana draytonii (CA) + (BC) |
California Red-legged Frog (CA) |
Baird and Girard, 1852 |
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Sounds |
| Rana luteiventris (CA) + (NW) |
Columbia Spotted Frog (CA) |
Thompson, 1913 |
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Sounds |
| Rana muscosa |
Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog |
Camp, 1917 |
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| Rana pretiosa (CA) + (NW) |
Oregon Spotted Frog (CA) |
Baird and Girard |
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Sounds |
| Rana sierrae |
Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog |
Camp, 1917 |
Formerly Rana muscosa -
Mountain Yellow-legged Frog |
Sounds |
| Rhinella |
South American Toads |
Fitzinger, 1826 |
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| Rhinella marina (TX) + (AU) |
Cane Toad (TX) |
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Bufo marinus - Marine Toad |
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| Scaphiopus |
North American Spadefoots |
Holbrook, 1836 |
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| Scaphiopus couchii (CA) + (TX) + (BC) |
Couch's Spadefoot (CA) |
Baird, 1854 |
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Sounds |
| Scaphiopus hurterii |
Hurter's Spadefoot |
Strecker, 1910 |
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| Smilisca |
Mexican Treefrogs |
Cope, 1865 |
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| Smilisca baudinii |
Mexican Treefrog |
(Duméril and Bibron, 1841) |
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Sounds |
| Smilisca fodiens |
Lowland Burrowing Treefrog |
(Boulenger, 1882) |
formerly Pternohyla fodiens -
Northern Casque-headed Frog |
Sounds |
| Spea |
Western Spadefoots |
Cope, 1866 |
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| Spea bombifrons (TX) + (SW) |
Plains Spadefoot (TX) |
(Cope, 1863) |
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| Spea hammondii (CA) + (BC) |
Western Spadefoot (CA) |
(Baird, 1859 “1857”) |
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Sounds |
| Spea intermontana (CA) + (NW) |
Great Basin Spadefoot (CA) |
(Cope, 1883) |
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Sounds |
| Spea multiplicata |
Mexican Spadefoot |
(Cope, 1863) |
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| Spea multiplicata stagnalis |
Chihuahuan Desert Spadefoot |
(Cope, 1875) |
New Mexico Spadefoot |
Sounds |
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U |
| Uperoleia |
Toadlets |
Gray, 1841 |
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| Uperoleia fusca |
Dusky Toadlet |
Davies, McDonald & Corben, 1986 |
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W |
X |
| Xenopus |
Clawed Frogs |
Wagler, 1827 |
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| Xenopus laevis |
African Clawed Frog |
(Daudin, 1802) |
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Sounds |
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If a frog is listed more than once, one of the symbols below will be added to indicate which region the listing covers.
AU = Australia page
CA = California page
BC = Baja California page
NW = Northwest page
TX = Texas page
SW = Southwest Page
MISC = Any areas not listed above
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