California Frogs and Toads



Scientific Names Common Names
 
This is a complete llst of frogs and toads occuring naturally in California, including introduced species with well-established populations.
The list is organized by families and ordered by scientific name and also by common name.
Follow the links for information and pictures illustrating each animal and its habitat.

This list is based on the lists published by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. This taxonomy is not universally accepted. For comparison, the names used by two other authorities - Robert Stebbins' Western Field Guide, and the Center for North American Herpetology - are listed to the right.




 

Listed by Scientific Names
  SSAR 2008 Revisions not yet adopted here

Anura - Frogs
 
Ascaphidae - Tailed Frogs  
Ascaphus - Tailed Frog  
  A. truei - Coastal Tailed Frog  
Bufonidae - True Toads  
Bufo - True Toads  
  B. alvarius - Sonoran Desert Toad   F
Ollotis alvaria
  B. boreas - Western Toad   Anaxyrus boreas
      B. b. boreas - Boreal Toad   Anaxyrus boreas boreas
      B. b. halophilus - California Toad   Anaxyrus boreas halophilus
  B. californicus - Arroyo Toad Anaxyrus californicus
  B. canorus - Yosemite Toad Anaxyrus canorus
  B. cognatus - Great Plains Toad Anaxyrus cognatus
  B. exsul - Black Toad Anaxyrus exsul
  B. microscaphus - Arizona Toad  F Anaxyrus microscaphus
  B. punctatus - Red-spotted Toad Anaxyrus punctatus
  B. woodhousii - Woodhouse's Toad  
      B. w. woodhousii - Rocky Mountain Toad Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii
Hylidae - Treefrogs & Their Allies  
Pseudacris - Chorus Frogs  
  P. cadaverina - California Treefrog  
  P. regilla - Pacific Treefrog Split into three species:

Pseudacris hypochondriaca - Baja California Treefrog
Pseudacris regilla - Northern Pacific Treefrog
Pseudacris sierrae - Sierran Treefrog

Pelobatidae - Spadefoot Toads & Relatives  
Scaphiopus - North American Spadefoots  
  S. couchii - Couch's Spadefoot  
Spea - Western Spadefoots  
  S. hammondii - Western Spadefoot  
  S. intermontana - Great Basin Spadefoot  
Ranidae - True Frogs
 
Rana - True Frogs  
  R. aurora - Northern Red-legged Frog  
  R. berlandieri - Rio Grande Leopard Frog  I Lithobates berlandieri
  R. boylii - Foothill Yellow-legged Frog  
  R. cascadae - Cascades Frog  
  R. catesbeiana - American Bullfrog  I Lithobates catesbeianus
  R. draytonii - California Red-legged Frog  
  R. luteiventris - Columbia Spotted Frog  
  R. muscosa - Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
 
  R. pipiens - Northern Leopard Frog Lithobates pipiens
  R. pretiosa - Oregon Spotted Frog  
  R. sierrae - Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog
 
  R. sphenocephala - Southern Leopard Frog  I Lithobates sphenocephalus
  R. yavapaiensis - Lowland Leopard Frog  F Lithobates yavapaiensis
Pipidae - Tongueless Frogs  
Xenopus - Clawed Frogs  
  X. laevis - African Clawed Frog  I  


I = Introduced - not native to California
 
F = Formerly present, now probably extinct in California


 
   
Listed by Common Names
   
Toads  
Arizona Toad  F  
Arroyo Toad  
Black Toad  
Boreal Toad  
California Toad  
Great Plains Toad  
Red-spotted Toad  
Rocky Mountain Toad  
Sonoran Desert Toad  F  
Yosemite Toad  
   
Spadefoots  
Couch's Spadefoot  
Great Basin Spadefoot  
Western Spadefoot  
   
Frogs  
African Clawed Frog  I  
American Bullfrog  I  
California Treefrog  
California Red-legged Frog  
Cascades Frog  
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog  
Lowland Leopard Frog  F  
Mountain Yellow-legged Frog  
Northern Leopard Frog
 
Northern Red-legged Frog  
Columbia Spotted Frog  
Oregon Spotted Frog  
Pacific Tree Frog  
Rio Grande Leopard Frog  I  
Coastal Tailed Frog  
   
   
I  = Introduced  
F = Formerly present, now probably extinct in California  
   


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