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Amphibians

Authored By: P. A. Flebbe, A. B. Jones
These amphibian species are known or likely to occur in Virginia mountain areas. 

For each species, there is an online "booklet".  To access a booklet, highlight and copy the common name from the list below click here and paste into the species name box.  [NB: The first time you click, you may get a welcome page.  You can close that page and click again, which should put you on the correct page.  Or you can navigate to the correct page by selecting the Species Information option and then the Species Booklet option.]

 

Common Name

Scientific name

Status*

Bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

 

Frog, eastern cricket

Acris crepitans crepitans

 

Frog, mountain chorus

Pseudacris brachyphona

 

Frog, northern green

Rana clamitans melanota

 

Frog, pickerel

Rana palustris

 

Frog, southeastern chorus

Pseudacris feriarum

 

Frog, wood

Rana sylvatica

 

Hellbender, eastern

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis

FSSS

Mudpuppy, common

Necturus maculosus maculosus

 

Newt, red-spotted

Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens

 

 

Peeper, northern spring

Pseudacris crucifer crucifer

 

Salamander, Allegheny mountain dusky

Desmognathus ochrophaeus

 

Salamander, Atlantic Coast Slimy

Plethodon chlorobryonis

 

Salamander, Black Mountain

Desmognathus welteri

 

Salamander, Blue Ridge dusky

Desmognathus orestes

 

Salamander, Blue Ridge red

Pseudotriton ruber nitidus

 

Salamander, Blue Ridge spring

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus danielsi

 

Salamander, Blue Ridge two-lined

Eurycea wilderae

 

Salamander, Cow Knob

Plethodon punctatus

FSSS

 

Salamander, Cumberland Plateau

Plethodon kentucki

 

 

Salamander, Jefferson

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

 

Salamander, Jordans

Plethodon jordani

 

Salamander, Kentucky spring

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi

 

Salamander, Peaks of Otter

Plethodon hubrichti

FSSS

Salamander, Shenandoah

Plethodon shenandoah

FESE

Salamander, Wehrles

Plethodon wehrlei

 

Salamander, Wellers

Plethodon welleri

FSSS

Salamander, Yonahlossee

Plethodon yonahlossee

 

 

Salamander, black-bellied

Desmognathus quadramaculatus

 

Salamander, cave

Eurycea lucifuga

 

Salamander, eastern mud

Pseudotriton montanus montanus

 

Salamander, four-toed

Hemidactylium scutatum

 

Salamander, green

Aneides aeneus

 

Salamander, longtail

Eurycea longicauda longicauda

 

 

Salamander, many-lined

Stereochilus marginatus

 

 

Salamander, marbled

Ambystoma opacum

 

Salamander, midland mud

Pseudotriton montanus diastictus

 

Salamander, northern dusky

Desmognathus fuscus

 

Salamander, northern red

Pseudotriton ruber ruber

 

 

Salamander, northern red-backed

Plethodon cinereus

 

 

Salamander, northern slimy

Plethodon glutinosus

 

Salamander, northern spring

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus

 

Salamander, northern two-lined

Eurycea bislineata

 

Salamander, pigmy

Desmognathus wrighti

SS

Salamander, ravine

Plethodon richmondi

 

Salamander, seal

Desmognathus monticola

 

Salamander, shovel-nosed

Desmognathus marmoratus

SS

Salamander, southern two-lined

Eurycea cirrigera

 

Salamander, southern zigzag

Plethodon ventralis

 

 

Salamander, spotted

Ambystoma maculatum

 

Salamander, three-lined

Eurycea guttolineata

 

 

Salamander, valley and ridge

Plethodon hoffmani

 

 

Salamander, white-spotted slimy

Plethodon cylindraceus

 

Spadefoot, eastern

Scaphiopus holbrooki

 

Toad, American

Bufo americanus

 

Toad, Fowlers

Bufo fowleri

 

Toad, eastern narrow-mouthed

Gastrophryne carolinensis

 

 

Treefrog, Copes gray

Hyla chrysoscelis

 

Treefrog, gray

Hyla versicolor

 

* Status Definitions: 

FE - Endangered on the Federal listing
FT - Threatened on the Federal listing
FP - Proposed for the Federal listing
FC - Candidate for the Federal listing
FS - Species of Special Concern for Federal agencies
SE - Endangered on the Virginia listing
ST - Threatened on the Virginia listing
SC - Candidate for the Virginia listing
SS - Species of Special Concern for Virginia agencies

Encyclopedia ID: p1474



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