List of amphibians of California

Amphibians

• = probably extirpated

Order Anura

Family Ascaphidae

Species	Common name
Ascaphus truei	Western tailed frog

Family Bufonidae

Species	Common name
Bufo alvarius	Sonoran desert toad *
Bufo boreas	Western toad
Bufo californicus	Arroyo toad
Bufo canorus ^[e]	Yosemite toad
Bufo cognatus	Great Plains toad
Bufo exsul ^[e]	Black toad
Bufo microscaphus	Arizona toad *
Bufo punctatus	Red-spotted toad
Bufo woodhousii	Woodhouse's toad

Family Hylidae

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

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

Family Ranidae

Species	Common name
Rana aurora	Northern red-legged frog
Rana berlandieri ^[i]	Rio Grande leopard frog
Rana boylii	Foothill yellow-legged frog
Rana cascadae	Cascades frog
Rana catesbeiana ^[i]	American bullfrog
Rana draytonii	California red-legged frog
Rana luteiventris	Columbia spotted frog *
Rana muscosa ^[e]	Southern mountain yellow-legged frog
Rana pipiens	Northern leopard frog
Rana pretiosa	Oregon spotted frog *
Rana sierrae	Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog
Rana sphenocephala ^[i]	Southern leopard frog *
Rana yavapaiensis	Lowland leopard frog *

Family Pipidae

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

Order Caudata

Family Ambystomatidae

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

Family Dicamptodontidae

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

Family Plethodontidae

Species	Common name
Aneides ferreus	Clouded salamander
Aneides flavipunctatus	Speckled black salamander
Aneides iëcanus	Shasta 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 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
Ensatina eschscholtzii	Ensatina
Hydromantes brunus ^[e]	Limestone salamander
Hydromantes platycephalus ^[e]	Mount Lyell salamander
Hydromantes shastae ^[e]	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

Species	Common name
Rhyacotriton variegatus	Southern torrent salamander

Family Salamandridae

Species	Common name
Taricha granulosa	Rough-skinned newt
Taricha rivularis ^[e]	Red-bellied newt
Taricha sierrae ^[e]	Sierra newt
Taricha torosa ^[e]	California newt

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