California Frogs and Toads Range Maps

A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of California

These maps illustrate the general historic range of native and non-native frogs and toads found in California. Red, or another color indicated below the map, shows this distribution. Frogs or toads of the species or subspecies shown are expected to be found within the illustrated area in places where suitable habitat and conditions occur. In some cases, the current range may be fragmented or considerably diminished from the range illustrated here. Click on the name link for pictures and information about a particular frog or toad. Click on a map for a topographical view More Lists And Information About California Frogs and Toads

Western Toad	Arroyo Toad	Yosemite Toad
Orange: Anaxyrus boreas boreas - Boreal Toad (Bufo boreas boreas) Red: Anaxyrus boreas halophilus - California Toad (Bufo boreas halophilus) Gray: General area of intergradation	Red: Anaxyrus californicus - Arroyo Toad	Red: Anaxyrus canorus - Yosemite Toad


Great Plains Toad	Black Toad	Arizona Toad
Red: Anaxyrus cognatus - Great Plains Toad	Red and blue dots: Anaxyrus exsul - Black Toad	Red dot: Historic location for Anaxyrus microscaphus - Arizona Toad


Red-spotted Toad	Woodhouse's Toad	Coastal Tailed Frog
Red: Anaxyrus punctatus - Red-spotted Toad	Red: Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii - Rocky Mountain Toad	Red: Ascaphus truei - Coastal Tailed Frog


Sonoran Desert Toad	Northern Leopard Frog	Lowland Leopard Frog
Red: Incilius alvarius - Sonoran Desert Toad Historic range - now apparently not found anywhere in California.	Red and Blue: Lithobates pipiens - Northern Leopard Frog	Red: Historic range of Lithobates yavapaiensis - Lowland Leopard Frog


Sierran Treefrog	Baja California Treefrog	Pacific Treefrog
Orange: Pseudacris sierra - Sierran Treefrog	Red: Pseudacris hypochondriaca hypochondriaca - Baja California Treefrog	Dark Blue: Pseudacris regilla - Pacific Treefrog


California Treefrog	Northern Red-legged Frog	Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
Red: Pseudacris cadaverina - California Treefrog	Red and Purple : Rana aurora - Northern Red-legged Frog	Red: Rana boylii - Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (Historic range: now absent from southern California and much of the Sierra Nevada and elsewhere.)


Cascades Frog	California Red-legged Frog	Columbia Spotted Frog
Red: Rana cascadae - Cascades Frog	Orange and Purple: Rana draytonii - California Red-legged Frog (Historic range: now absent from most of southern California and the Sierra Nevada.)	Red: Rana luteiventris - Columbia Spotted Frog


Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog	Oregon Spotted Frog	Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog
Orange: Historic Range of Rana muscosa - Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog	Red: Historic locations for Rana pretiosa - Oregon Spotted Frog	Red: Historic range of Rana sierrae - Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog


Couch's Spadefoot	Western Spadefoot	Great Basin Spadefoot
Red: Scaphiopus couchii - Couch's Spadefoot	Red: Historic range of Spea hammondii - Western Spadefoot	Red: Spea intermonana - Great Basin Spadefoot

Non-Native Species


Rio Grande Leopard Frog	American Bullfrog	Southern Leopard Frog
Red: Lithobates berlandieri - Rio Grande Leopard Frog	Red: Lithobates catesbeianus - American Bullfrog	Red: Lithobates sphenocephalus - Southern Leopard Frog


African Clawed Frog	Common Coquí
Red: Xenopus laevis - African Clawed Frog	Red: Eleutherodactylus coqui - Common Coquí (Red indicates the counties where this frog has been found and may or may not be established.

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