Amphibians of West Virginia

Order Anura (frogs and toads) edit

Family Scaphiopodidae (American spadefoot toads) edit

Scaphiopus holbrookii (eastern spadefoot) edit

Family Bufonidae (true toads) edit

Anaxyrus americanus americanus (Eastern American toad) edit

Anaxyrus fowleri (Fowler's toad) edit

Family Hylidae (tree frogs and allies) edit

Acris crepitans crepitans (Eastern cricket frog) edit

Acris crepitans blanchardi (Blanchard's cricket frog) edit

Hyla versicolor (gray tree frog) edit

Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope's gray tree frog) edit

Pseudacris brachyphona (mountain chorus frog) edit

Pseudacris feriarum (upland chorus frog) edit

Pseudacris crucifer crucifer (northern spring peeper) edit

Family Ranidae (true frogs) edit

Lithobates catesbeianus (American bullfrog) edit

Lithobates clamitans melanota (northern green frog) edit

Lithobates sylvaticus (wood frog) edit

Lithobates pipiens (northern leopard frog) edit

Lithobates palustris (pickerel frog) edit

Order Caudata (salamanders) edit

Family Cryptobranchidae (giant salamanders) edit

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (eastern hellbender) edit

Family Ambystomatidae (mole salamanders) edit

Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Jefferson salamander) edit

Ambystoma maculatum (spotted salamander) edit

Ambystoma opacum (marbled salamander) edit

Ambystoma texanum (small-mouth salamander) edit

Ambystoma barbouri (streamside salamander) edit

Family Salamandridae (true salamanders) edit

Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens (red-spotted newt) edit

Family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders) edit

Desmognathus fuscus (dusky salamander) edit

Desmognathus ochrophaeus (Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander) edit

Desmognathus monticola (seal salamander) edit

Desmognathus welteri (black mountain salamander) edit

Desmognathus quadramaculatus (blackbelly salamander) edit

Plethodon cinereus (red-backed salamander ) edit

Plethodon richmondi (ravine salamander) edit

Plethodon electromorphus (northern ravine salamander) edit

Plethodon hoffmani (valley and ridge salamander) edit

Plethodon virginia (Shenandoah Mountain salamander) edit

Plethodon kentucki (Cumberland Plateau salamander ) edit

Plethodon nettingi (Cheat Mountain salamander) edit

Plethodon glutinosus (northern slimy salamander) edit

Plethodon cylindraceus (white-spotted slimy salamander ) edit

Plethodon wehrlei (Wehrle's salamander) edit

Plethodon punctatus (white-spotted salamander) edit

Hemidactylium scutatum (four-toed salamander) edit

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus (northern spring salamander) edit

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi (Kentucky spring salamander) edit

Gyrinophilus subterraneus (West Virginia spring salamander) edit

Pseudotriton montanus diastictus (Midland mud salamander) edit

Pseudotriton ruber ruber (northern red salamander) edit

Aneides aeneus (green salamander) edit

Eurycea cirrigera (southern two-lined salamander) edit

Eurycea bislineata (northern two-lined salamander) edit

Eurycea longicauda longicauda (long-tailed salamander ) edit

Eurycea lucifuga (spotted-tail salamander) edit

Family Proteidae (waterdogs and mudpuppies) edit

Necturus maculosus maculosus (common mudpuppy) edit