California Frogs and Toads

A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of California	California Frogs and Toads

This is a complete llst of frogs and toads that occur naturally in California, including introduced non-native species with well-established populations. California's frogs and toads are listed here by scientific name and sorted by family, genus, species, and subspecies if applicable. They are listed by common name below the scientific names list. Follow the blue links to go to a page with information about each kind of frog and toad along with pictures of them and their habitat and short videos if available. The names used on this list are based mainly on lists published by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. More Lists And Information About California Frogs and Toads
Scientific Name	Common Name	Original Description	Alternate Name	CA Endemic	Sounds

Order Anura	Frogs	Duméril, 1806 (as Anoures)

Ascaphidae	Tailed Frogs	Fejervary, 1923

*Ascaphus*	Tailed Frogs	Stejneger, 1899
Ascaphus truei	Coastal Tailed Frog	Stejneger, 1899

Bufonidae	True Toads	Gray, 1825

*Anaxyrus*	North American Toads	Tschudi, 1845	Bufo
Anaxyrus boreas	Western Toad	(Baird and Girard, 1852)	Bufo boreas
Anaxyrus boreas boreas	Boreal Toad	(Baird and Girard, 1852)	Bufo boreas boreas		Sounds
Anaxyrus boreas halophilus	California Toad	(Baird and Girard, 1853)	Bufo boreas halophilus - California Toad		Sounds
Anaxyrus californicus	Arroyo Toad	(Camp, 1915)	Bufo californicus		Sounds
Anaxyrus canorus	Yosemite Toad	(Camp, 1916)	Bufo canorus	Endemic	Sounds
Anaxyrus cognatus	Great Plains Toad	(Say, 1822)	Bufo cognatus		Sounds
Anaxyrus exsul	Black Toad	(Myers, 1942)	Bufo exsul	Endemic	Sounds
Anaxyrus microscaphus (Possibly extinct in CA)	Arizona Toad	(Cope, 1866)	Bufo microscaphus		Sounds
Anaxyrus punctatus	Red-spotted Toad	Baird and Girard, 1852)	Bufo punctatus		Sounds
Anaxyrus woodhousii	Woodhouse's Toad	(Girard, 1854)	Bufo woodhousii
Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii	Rocky Mountain Toad	(Girard, 1854)	Bufo woodhousii woodhousii		Sounds

*Incilius*	Central American Toads	Cope, 1863
Incilius alvarius (Possibly extinct in CA)	Sonoran Desert Toad	(Girard, 1859)	Bufo alvarius, Ollotis alvaria		Sounds

Hylidae	Treefrogs	Laurenti, 1768

*Pseudacris*	Chorus Frogs	Fitzinger, 1843	Hyla
Pseudacris cadaverina	California Treefrog	(Cope, 1866)			Sounds
Pseudacris hypochondriaca	Baja California Treefrog	(Hallowell, 1854)	Pseudacris regilla; Hyla regilla Pacific Treefrog ; Pacific Chorus Frog Southern Pacific Treefrog; Southern Pacific Chorus Frog		Sounds
Pseudacris regilla	Pacific Treefrog	(Baird and Girard, 1852)	Pseudacris regilla; Hyla regilla Pacific Treefrog ; Pacific Chorus Frog Northern Pacific Treefrog; Northern Pacific Chorus Frog		Sounds
Pseudacris sierra	Sierran Treefrog	(Jameson, Mackey, and Richmond, 1966)	Pseudacris regilla; Hyla regilla Pacific Treefrog ; Pacific Chorus Frog Central Pacific Treefrog; Central Pacific Chorus Frog		Sounds

Ranidae	True Frogs	Rafinesque, 1814

*Lithobates*	American Water Frogs	Fitzinger, 1843
Lithobates pipiens (Natives and non-natives)	Northern Leopard Frog	Schreber, 1782	Rana pipiens		Sounds
Lithobates yavapaiensis (Possibly extinct in CA)	Lowland Leopard Frog	Platz and Frost, 1984	Rana yavapaiensis		Sounds

*Rana*	Brown Frogs	Linnaeus, 1758
Rana aurora	Northern Red-legged Frog	Baird and Girard, 1852			Sounds
Rana boylii	Foothill Yellow-legged Frog	Baird, 1854			Sounds
Rana cascadae	Cascades Frog	Slater, 1939			Sounds
Rana draytonii	California Red-legged Frog	Baird and Girard, 1852			Sounds
Rana luteiventris	Columbia Spotted Frog	Thompson, 1913			Sounds
Rana muscosa	Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog	Camp, 1917		Endemic
Rana pretiosa	Oregon Spotted Frog	Baird and Girard, 1853			Sounds
Rana sierrae	Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog	Camp, 1917	Formerly Rana muscosa - Mountain Yellow-legged Frog		Sounds

Scaphiopodidae	North American Spadefoots	Cope, 1865

*Scaphiopus*	North American Spadefoots	Holbrook, 1836
Scaphiopus couchii	Couch's Spadefoot	Baird, 1854			Sounds

*Spea*	Western Spadefoots	Cope, 1866
Spea hammondii	Western Spadefoot	(Baird, 1859 “1857”)			Sounds
Spea intermontana	Great Basin Spadefoot	(Cope, 1883)			Sounds


Non-Native Species (More information about non-native reptiles and amphibians reported in California)

Ranidae	True Frogs	Rafinesque, 1814

*Lithobates*	American Water Frogs	Fitzinger, 1843
Lithobates berlandieri	Rio Grande Leopard Frog	Baird, 1854	Rana berlandieri		Sounds
Lithobates catesbeianus	American Bullfrog	Shaw, 1802	Rana catesbeiana		Sounds
Lithobates pipiens (Natives are possibly extinct but non-natives still occur)	Northern Leopard Frog	Schreber, 1782	Rana pipiens		Sounds
Lithobates sphenocephalus	Southern Leopard Frog	Cope, 1886	Rana sphenocephala		Sounds

Pipidae	Tongueless Frogs	Bonaparte, 1831

*Xenopus*	Clawed Frogs	Wagler, 1827
Xenopus laevis	African Clawed Frog	(Daudin, 1802)			Sounds

Leptodactylidae	Southern Frogs	Werner, 1896

Eleutherodactylus	Rain Frogs	Dumeril and Bibron, 1841	Robber Frogs		Sound
Eleutherodactylus coqui	Common Coquí	R. Thomas 1966	Coquí

Common Name

Toads
Arizona Toad (Possibly extinct in CA)
Arroyo Toad
Black Toad
Boreal Toad
California Toad
Great Plains Toad
Red-spotted Toad
Rocky Mountain Toad
Sonoran Desert Toad (Possibly extinct in CA)
Yosemite Toad

Frogs
California Red-legged Frog
Cascades Frog
Coastal Tailed Frog
Columbia Spotted Frog
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
Lowland Leopard Frog (Possibly extinct in CA)
Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
Northern Leopard Frog (Natives are possibly extinct but non-natives still occur)
Northern Red-legged Frog
Oregon Spotted Frog
Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
Treefrogs
Baja California Treefrog
California Treefrog
Northern Pacific Tree Frog
Sierran Treefrog

Spadefoots
Couch's Spadefoot
Great Basin Spadefoot
Western Spadefoot

Non-Native Species	(More information about non-native reptiles and amphibians reported in California)
African Clawed Frog
American Bullfrog
Common coquí
Northern Leopard Frog
Rio Grande Leopard Frog
Southern Leopard Frog

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