California Frogs and Toads

California Frogs and Toads
This is a complete llst of frogs and toads that occur naturally in California, including introduced species with well-established populations. Frogs and toads are sorted by family and listed by scientific name and by common name on a separate list. The blue links lead to an information page for each type of frog or toad found in California. Follow the links for information about each animal along with pictures of animals and their habitat and some videos. (This list is based on the lists published by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles).
	A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of California

Scientific Name	Common Name	Original Description	Former or Other Name	Sounds

Anura	Frogs

Bufonidae	True Toads	Gray, 1825

*Anaxyrus*	North American Toads	Tschudi, 1845
Anaxyrus boreas	Western Toad	Baird and Girard, 1852	Bufo boreas
Anaxyrus boreas boreas	Boreal Toad	Baird and Girard, 1852	Bufo boreas boreas	Sounds
Anaxyrus boreas halophilus	California Toad	Baird and Girard, 1853	Bufo boreas halophilus - California Toad	Sounds
Anaxyrus californicus	Arroyo Toad	Camp, 1915	Bufo californicus	Sounds
Anaxyrus canorus	Yosemite Toad	Camp, 1916	Bufo canorus	Sounds
Anaxyrus cognatus	Great Plains Toad	Say, 1823	Bufo cognatus	Sounds
Anaxyrus exsul	Black Toad	Myers, 1942	Bufo exsul	Sounds
Anaxyrus microscaphus	Arizona Toad	Cope, 1866	Bufo microscaphus	Sounds
Anaxyrus punctatus	Red-spotted Toad	Baird and Girard, 1852	Bufo punctatus	Sounds
Anaxyrus woodhousii	Woodhouse's Toad	Girard, 1854	Bufo woodhousii
Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii	Rocky Mountain Toad	Girard, 1854	Bufo woodhousii woodhousii	Sounds

*Incilius*	Middle American Toads	Cope, 1863
Incilius alvarius F	Sonoran Desert Toad	Girard, 1859	Bufo alvarius, Ollotis alvaria	Sounds

Ascaphidae	Tailed Frogs

*Ascaphus*	Tailed Frogs	Stejneger, 1899
Ascaphus truei	Coastal Tailed Frog	Stejneger, 1899

Ranidae	True Frogs	Rafinesque, 1814

*Lithobates*	American Water Frogs	Fitzinger, 1843
Lithobates berlandieri I	Rio Grande Leopard Frog	Baird, 1854	Rana berlandieri	Sounds
Lithobates catesbeianus I	American Bullfrog	Shaw, 1802	Rana catesbeiana	Sounds
Lithobates pipiens	Northern Leopard Frog	Schreber, 1782	Rana pipiens	Sounds
Lithobates sphenocephalus I	Southern Leopard Frog	Cope, 1886	Rana sphenocephala	Sounds
Lithobates yavapaiensis F	Lowland Leopard Frog	Platz and Frost, 1984	Rana yavapaiensis	Sounds

*Rana*	Brown Frogs	Linnaeus, 1758
Rana aurora	Northern Red-legged Frog	Baird and Girard, 1852		Sounds
Rana boylii	Foothill Yellow-legged Frog	Baird, 1854		Sounds
Rana cascadae	Cascades Frog	Slater, 1939		Sounds
Rana draytonii	California Red-legged Frog	Baird and Girard, 1852		Sounds
Rana luteiventris	Columbia Spotted Frog	Thompson, 1913		Sounds
Rana muscosa	Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog	Camp, 1917
Rana pretiosa	Oregon Spotted Frog	Baird and Girard		Sounds
Rana sierrae	Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog	Camp, 1917	Formerly Rana muscosa - Mountain Yellow-legged Frog	Sounds

Hylidae	Treefrogs	Laurenti, 1768

*Pseudacris*	Chorus Frogs	Fitzinger, 1843
Pseudacris cadaverina	California Treefrog	Cope, 1866		Sounds
Pseudacris hypochondriaca	Baja California Treefrog	Hallowell, 1854	Pseudacris regilla (or Hyla regilla) - Pacific Treefrog or Pacific Chorus Frog	Sounds
Pseudacris regilla	Northern Pacific Treefrog	Baird and Girard, 1852	Pseudacris regilla (or Hyla regilla) - Pacific Treefrog or Pacific Chorus Frog	Sounds
Pseudacris sierra	Sierran Treefrog	Jameson, Mackey, and Richmond, 1966	Pseudacris regilla (or Hyla regilla) - Pacific Treefrog or Pacific Chorus Frog	Sounds

Scaphiopodidae	North American Spadefoots	Cope, 1865

*Scaphiopus*	North American Spadefoots	Holbrook, 1836
Scaphiopus couchii	Couch's Spadefoot	Baird, 1854		Sounds

*Spea*	Western Spadefoots	Cope, 1866
Spea hammondii	Western Spadefoot	Baird, 1859 “1857”		Sounds
Spea intermontana	Great Basin Spadefoot	Cope, 1883		Sounds

Pipidae	Tongueless Frogs

*Xenopus*	Clawed Frogs	Wagler, 1827
Xenopus laevis I	African Clawed Frog	Daudin, 1802		Sounds

F = Formerly present, now probably extinct in California I = An established Alien species introduced into California

Organized By Common Name

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

Tailed Frogs
Coastal Tailed Frog

Frogs
American Bullfrog I
California Red-legged Frog
Cascades Frog
Columbia Spotted Frog
Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
Lowland Leopard Frog F
Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
Northern Leopard Frog
Northern Red-legged Frog
Oregon Spotted Frog
Rio Grande Leopard Frog I
Southern Leopard Frog I

Treefrogs
Baja California Treefrog
California Treefrog
Northern Pacific Tree Frog
Sierran Treefrog

Tongueless Frogs
African Clawed Frog I

F = Formerly present, now probably extinct in California I = An established Alien species introduced into California

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