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Class Amphibia

Order Caudata: the Salamanders

Spotted SalamanderAmbystoma maculatum

Marbled SalamanderAmbystoma opacum

Mole SalamanderAmbystoma talpoideum

Small-mouthed SalamanderAmbystoma texanum

Tiger SalamandersAmbystoma tigrinum

Dwarf SalamanderEurycea quadridigitata

Dusky SalamanderDesmognathus fuscus

Red-backed SalamanderPlethodon cinereus

Black-spotted Newt (aquatic adult)Notophthalmus meridionalis

Newts are fully aquatic salamanders as adults.

Black-spotted Newt (terrestrial eft)Notophthalmus meridionalis

Other adult Aquatic Salamanders

Water-dogNecturus beyeri

SirenSiren lacertina

Class Amphibia

Order Anura: the Frogs & Toads

Key to tadpoles

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/tadpole/division_3.htm

True Frogs

Family Ranidae

Pig FrogRana grylio

Bronze FrogRana clamitans

Crayfish FrogRana areolata

BullfrogRana catesbiana

Southern Leopard FrogRana utricularia

Treefrogs

Family Hylidae

Local members of the Genus Hyla

Spring Peeper: Hyla cruciferGreen Treefrog: H. cinereaSquirrel Treefrog: H. squirellaGray Treefrog: H. versicolorCope’s Gray Treefrog: H. chrysoscelis

Other local members of Hylidae

Cricket Frog: Acris gryllus

Western Chorus Frog: Pseudoacris triseriata

Rio Grande Chirping Frog(Syrrhophus cystignathoides),

An introduced species; has come up from South Texas via potted plants.

Narrow-mouthed Toads

Family Microhylidae

Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne carolinensis

True Toads

Family Bufonidae

Toads have venomous parotid glands behind their eyes!

Gulf Coast Toad (very common!)Bufo valliceps

Houston Toad (endangered!)Bufo houstonensis

East Texas specialties

Texas Toad Bufo speciosus

East Texas ToadBufo velatus

Spadefoot Toads

Family Scaphiopodidae

Two Local species…

Scaphiopus hurterii

Hurter’s Spadefoot Toad

Spea bombifrons

Plains Spadefoot Toad

To hear frogs and toads…

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/wildlife_diversity/texas_nature_trackers/amphibian_watch/amphibian_species/

Become an Amphibian Tracker!

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/wildlife_diversity/texas_nature_trackers/amphibian_watch/amphibian_spotters/