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California Frogs and Toads Range Maps


These maps illustrate the general historical range of indigenous and introduced frogs in California. Red, or another color indicated below the map, shows this distribution. In some cases, a frog's current range may be fragmented or considerably diminished from the range shown here. Click on the name link for more pictures and information about a particular frog.


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WESTERN TOAD ARROYO TOAD YOSEMITE TOAD
GREAT PLAINS TOAD
Green: Anaxyrus boreas boreas -
 Boreal Toad

(Bufo boreas boreas)

Red: Anaxyrus boreas halophilus -
 California Toad

(Bufo boreas halophilus)

Gold: General area of intergradation
Anaxyrus californicus
(Bufo californicus)
Anaxyrus canorus
(Bufo canorus)


Anaxyrus cognatus
(Bufo cognatus)
       
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BLACK TOAD ARIZONA TOAD RED-SPOTTED TOAD WOODHOUSE'S TOAD
Anaxyrus exsul
(Bufo exsul)
Anaxyrus microscaphus
(Bufo microscaphus)
Anaxyrus punctatus
(Bufo punctatus)
Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii -
Rocky Mountain Toad

(Bufo woodhousii woodhousii)
       
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COASTAL TAILED FROG
SONORAN DESERT TOAD RIO GRANDE LEOPARD FROG AMERICAN BULLFROG
Ascaphus truei Incilius alvarius
(Bufo alvarius)
Lithobates berlandieri
(Rana berlandieri)
Lithobates catesbeianus
(Rana catesbeiana)
       
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NORTHERN LEOPARD FROG SOUTHERN LEOPARD FROG LOWLAND LEOPARD FROG CALIFORNIA TREEFROG
Lithobates pipiens
(Rana pipiens)
Lithobates sphenocephalus
(Rana sphenocephala)
Lithobates yavapaiensis
(Rana yavapaiensis)
Pseudacris cadaverina
       
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BAJA CALIFORNIA TREEFROG NORTHERN PACIFIC TREEFROG SIERRAN TREEFROG NORTHERN RED-LEGGED FROG
       
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FOOTHILL YELLOW-LEGGED FROG CASCADES FROG CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG COLUMBIA SPOTTED FROG
Rana boylii Rana cascadae Rana luteiventris
       
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SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN YELLOW-LEGGED FROG OREGON SPOTTED FROG SIERRA NEVADA YELLOW-LEGGED FROG COUCH'S SPADEFOOT
Rana muscosa Rana pretiosa
Rana sierrae Scaphiopus couchii
       
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WESTERN SPADEFOOT GREAT BASIN SPADEFOOT AFRICAN CLAWED FROG  
Spea hammondii Spea intermonana

Xenopus laevis  








     








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