List of amphibians of Canada
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This is a list of amphibians of Canada.
Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
- EX - Extinct, EW - Extinct in the Wild
- CR - Critically Endangered, EN - Endangered, VU - Vulnerable
- NT - Near Threatened, LC - Least Concern
- DD - Data Deficient, NE - Not Evaluated
- (v. 2023.1, the data is current as of March 6, 2024[1])
Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.
Order Caudata, salamanders[edit]
Genus Aneides[edit]
- Wandering salamander – Aneides vagrans LC
Genus Ambystoma[edit]
- Jefferson salamander – Ambystoma jeffersonianum LC
- Northwestern salamander – Ambystoma gracile LC
- Blue-spotted salamander – Ambystoma laterale LC
- Spotted salamander – Ambystoma maculatum LC
- Long-toed salamander – Ambystoma macrodactylum LC
- Barred tiger salamander – Ambystoma mavortium LC
- Small-mouth salamander – Ambystoma texanum LC
- Tiger salamander – Ambystoma tigrinum LC
Genus Desmognathus[edit]
- Dusky salamander – Desmognathus fuscus LC
- Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander – Desmognathus ochrophaeus LC
Genus Dicamptodon[edit]
- Coastal giant salamander – Dicamptodon tenebrosus LC
Genus Ensatina[edit]
- Ensatina – Ensatina eschscholtzii LC
Genus Eurycea[edit]
- Northern two-lined salamander – Eurycea bislineata LC
Genus Gyrinophilus[edit]
- Spring salamander – Gyrinophilus porphyriticus LC
Genus Hemidactylium[edit]
- Four-toed salamander – Hemidactylium scutatum LC
Genus Necturus[edit]
- Common mudpuppy – Necturus maculosus LC
Genus Notophthalmus[edit]
- Eastern newt – Notophthalmus viridescens LC
Genus Plethodon[edit]
- Red-backed salamander – Plethodon cinereus LC
- Coeur d’Alene salamander – Plethodon idahoensis LC
- Western redback salamander – Plethodon vehiculum LC
Genus Taricha[edit]
- Rough-skinned newt – Taricha granulosa LC
Order Anura, frogs and toads[edit]
Genus Acris[edit]
- Blanchard's cricket frog – Acris crepitans blanchardi LC
Genus Ascaphus[edit]
- Coastal tailed frog – Ascaphus truei LC
- Rocky Mountain tailed frog – Ascaphus montanus LC
Genus Bufo or Anaxyrus[edit]
- American toad – Anaxyrus americanus LC
- Western toad – Anaxyrus boreas LC
- Great Plains toad – Anaxyrus cognatus LC
- Fowler's toad – Anaxyrus fowleri LC
- Canadian toad – Anaxyrus hemiophrys LC
Genus Hyla[edit]
- Cope's gray treefrog – Hyla chrysoscelis LC
- Gray treefrog – Hyla versicolor LC
Genus Rana[edit]
- Northern red-legged frog – Rana aurora LC
- Cascades frog – Rana cascadae LC
- Columbia spotted frog – Rana luteiventris LC
- Oregon spotted frog – Rana pretiosa VU
Genus Lithobates[edit]
- American bullfrog – Lithobates catesbeianus LC
- Northern green frog – Lithobates clamitans LC
- Pickerel frog – Lithobates palustris LC
- Northern leopard frog – Lithobates pipiens LC
- Mink frog – Lithobates septentrionalis LC
- Wood frog – Lithobates sylvaticus LC
Genus Pseudacris[edit]
- Spring peeper – Pseudacris crucifer LC
- Boreal chorus frog – Pseudacris maculata LC
- Pacific tree frog – Pseudacris regilla LC
- Western chorus frog – Pseudacris triseriata LC
Genus Spea[edit]
- Plains spadefoot toad – Spea bombifrons LC
- Great Basin spadefoot – Spea intermontana LC
References[edit]
- ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of British Columbia, Source: Matsuda, Green and Gregory (The Amphibians and Reptiles of British Columbia)
- Amphibians & Reptiles of Canada, CARCNET - RÉCCAR
- Amphibians Species of Canada, Amphibians Canada