California Frogs and Toads

A Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of California	California Frogs and Toads
		This is a complete llst of frogs and toads that occur naturally in California, including introduced non-native species with well-established populations. California's frogs and toads are listed here by scientific name and sorted by family, genus, species, and subspecies if applicable. They are listed by common name below the scientific names list. Follow the blue links to go to a page with information about each kind of frog and toad along with pictures of them and their habitat and short videos if available. The names used on this list are based mainly on the North American Species Names Database published by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. More Lists And Information About California Frogs and Toads

Alpha Code	Scientific Name	Common Name	Original Description	Alternate Name	California Endemic	Sounds

	Order Anura	Frogs	Duméril, 1806 (as Anoures)

	Ascaphidae	Tailed Frogs	Fejervary, 1923

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

	Bufonidae	True Toads	Gray, 1825

	*Anaxyrus*	North American Toads	Tschudi, 1845	Bufo
ANBO	Anaxyrus boreas	Western Toad	(Baird and Girard, 1852)	Bufo boreas
ABBO	Anaxyrus boreas boreas	Boreal Toad	(Baird and Girard, 1852)	Bufo boreas boreas		Sounds
ABHA	Anaxyrus boreas halophilus	California Toad	(Baird and Girard, 1853)	Bufo boreas halophilus - California Toad		Sounds
ACAL *	Anaxyrus californicus	Arroyo Toad	(Camp, 1915)	Bufo californicus		Sounds
ACAN *	Anaxyrus canorus	Yosemite Toad	(Camp, 1916)	Bufo canorus	Endemic	Sounds
ANCO	Anaxyrus cognatus	Great Plains Toad	(Say, 1822)	Bufo cognatus		Sounds
ANEX	Anaxyrus exsul	Black Toad	(Myers, 1942)	Bufo exsul	Endemic	Sounds
ANMI	Anaxyrus microscaphus (Possibly extinct in CA)	Arizona Toad	(Cope, 1866)	Bufo microscaphus		Sounds
ANPU	Anaxyrus punctatus	Red-spotted Toad	Baird and Girard, 1852)	Bufo punctatus		Sounds
ANWO	Anaxyrus woodhousii	Woodhouse's Toad	(Girard, 1854)	Bufo woodhousii
AWWO	Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii	Rocky Mountain Toad	(Girard, 1854)	Bufo woodhousii woodhousii		Sounds

	*Incilius*	Central American Toads	Cope, 1863
INAL	Incilius alvarius (Possibly extinct in CA)	Sonoran Desert Toad	(Girard, 1859)	Bufo alvarius, Ollotis alvaria		Sounds

	Hylidae	Treefrogs	Laurenti, 1768

	*Pseudacris*	Chorus Frogs	Fitzinger, 1843	Hyla
PSCA	Pseudacris cadaverina	California Treefrog	(Cope, 1866)			Sounds
PSHY	Pseudacris hypochondriaca	Baja California Treefrog	(Hallowell, 1854)	Pseudacris regilla; Hyla regilla Pacific Treefrog ; Pacific Chorus Frog Southern Pacific Treefrog; Southern Pacific Chorus Frog		Sounds
PSRE	Pseudacris regilla	Pacific Treefrog	(Baird and Girard, 1852)	Pseudacris regilla; Hyla regilla Pacific Treefrog ; Pacific Chorus Frog Northern Pacific Treefrog; Northern Pacific Chorus Frog		Sounds
PSSI	Pseudacris sierra	Sierran Treefrog	(Jameson, Mackey, and Richmond, 1966)	Pseudacris regilla; Hyla regilla Pacific Treefrog ; Pacific Chorus Frog Central Pacific Treefrog; Central Pacific Chorus Frog		Sounds

	Ranidae	True Frogs	Rafinesque, 1814

	*Lithobates*	American Water Frogs	Fitzinger, 1843
LIPI	Lithobates pipiens (Natives and non-natives)	Northern Leopard Frog	Schreber, 1782	Rana pipiens		Sounds
LIYA	Lithobates yavapaiensis (Possibly extinct in CA)	Lowland Leopard Frog	Platz and Frost, 1984	Rana yavapaiensis		Sounds

	*Rana*	Brown Frogs	Linnaeus, 1758
RAAU	Rana aurora	Northern Red-legged Frog	Baird and Girard, 1852			Sounds
RABO	Rana boylii	Foothill Yellow-legged Frog	Baird, 1854			Sounds
RACA	Rana cascadae	Cascades Frog	Slater, 1939			Sounds
RADR	Rana draytonii	California Red-legged Frog	Baird and Girard, 1852			Sounds
RALU	Rana luteiventris	Columbia Spotted Frog	Thompson, 1913			Sounds
RAMU	Rana muscosa	Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog	Camp, 1917		Endemic
RAPR	Rana pretiosa	Oregon Spotted Frog	Baird and Girard, 1853			Sounds
RASI	Rana sierrae	Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog	Camp, 1917	Formerly Rana muscosa - Mountain Yellow-legged Frog		Sounds

	Scaphiopodidae	North American Spadefoots	Cope, 1865

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

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


	Non-Native Species (More information about non-native reptiles and amphibians reported in California)

	Ranidae	True Frogs	Rafinesque, 1814

	*Lithobates*	American Water Frogs	Fitzinger, 1843
LIBE	Lithobates berlandieri	Rio Grande Leopard Frog	Baird, 1854	Rana berlandieri		Sounds
LICA	Lithobates catesbeianus	American Bullfrog	Shaw, 1802	Rana catesbeiana		Sounds
LIPI	Lithobates pipiens (Natives are possibly extinct but non-natives still occur)	Northern Leopard Frog	Schreber, 1782	Rana pipiens		Sounds
LISP	Lithobates sphenocephalus	Southern Leopard Frog	Cope, 1886	Rana sphenocephala		Sounds

	Pipidae	Tongueless Frogs	Bonaparte, 1831

	*Xenopus*	Clawed Frogs	Wagler, 1827
XELA	Xenopus laevis	African Clawed Frog	(Daudin, 1802)			Sounds

	Leptodactylidae	Southern Frogs	Werner, 1896

	Eleutherodactylus	Rain Frogs	Dumeril and Bibron, 1841	Robber Frogs		Sound
ELCO	Eleutherodactylus coqui	Common Coquí	R. Thomas 1966	Coquí

	Common Name

	Toads
	Arizona Toad (Possibly extinct in CA)
	Arroyo Toad
	Black Toad
	Boreal Toad
	California Toad
	Great Plains Toad
	Red-spotted Toad
	Rocky Mountain Toad
	Sonoran Desert Toad (Possibly extinct in CA)
	Yosemite Toad

	Frogs
	California Red-legged Frog
	Cascades Frog
	Coastal Tailed Frog
	Columbia Spotted Frog
	Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
	Lowland Leopard Frog (Possibly extinct in CA)
	Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
	Northern Leopard Frog (Natives are possibly extinct but non-natives still occur)
	Northern Red-legged Frog
	Oregon Spotted Frog
	Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
	Treefrogs
	Baja California Treefrog
	California Treefrog
	Northern Pacific Tree Frog
	Sierran Treefrog

	Spadefoots
	Couch's Spadefoot
	Great Basin Spadefoot
	Western Spadefoot

	Non-Native Species	(More information about non-native reptiles and amphibians reported in California)
	African Clawed Frog
	American Bullfrog
	Common coquí
	Northern Leopard Frog
	Rio Grande Leopard Frog
	Southern Leopard Frog

* Using the standard rules to make alpha codes for these names would create duplicates, so a variation of the normal alpha code has been created. This code may not be the same as those used elsewhere.

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