Amphibian and Reptile Sounds

This is a list of amphibian and reptile sounds which can be heard on this web site.


Also see California Frog and Toad Calls - A chart of the breeding season of each frog, and descriptions of the calls of all of the frogs and toads found in California.   It includes direct links to short call examples and short videos of calling frogs, and a link to a page of more extensive recordings and longer videos if they exist.

Many more sounds can also be heard on some of our videos.



Amphibians


Frogs and Toads

Acris crepitans blanchardi - Blanchard's Cricket Frog

Bufo alvarius - Sonoran Desert Toad
Bufo americanus americanus - Eastern American Toad
Bufo boreas boreas - Boreal Toad
Bufo boreas halophilus - California Toad
Bufo californicus - Arroyo Toad
Bufo canorus - Yosemite Toad
Bufo cognatus - Great Plains Toad
Bufo debilis insidor - Western Green Toad
Bufo houstonensis - Houston Toad
Bufo microscaphus - Arizona Toad
Bufo nelsoni - Amargosa Toad
Bufo punctatus - Red-spotted Toad
Bufo retiformis - Sonoran Green Toad
Bufo speciosus - Texas Toad
Bufo valliceps (nebulifer) - Gulf Coast Toad
Bufo woodhousii woodhousii - Rocky Mountain Toad

Eleutherodactylus (Syrrophus) cystignathoides campi - Rio Grande Chirping Frog
Eleutherodactylus (Syrrhophus) marnockii - Cliff Chirping Frog

Gastrophryne olivacea - Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad

Hyla arenicolor - Canyon Treefrog
Hyla cinerea - Green Treefrog
Hyla squirella - Squirrel Treefrog
Hyla versicolor - Gray Treefrog

Hypopachus variolosus - Sheep Frog

Pseudacris cadaverina - California Treefrog
Pseudacris clarkii - Spotted Chorus Frog
Pseudacris crucifer - Spring Peeper
Pseudacris regilla - Pacific Treefrog
Pseudacris streckeri - Strecker's Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triseriata - Western Chorus Frog

Rana aurora - Northern Red-legged Frog
Rana boylii - Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
Rana berlandieri - Rio Grande Leopard Frog
Rana cascadae - Cascades Frog
Rana catesbeiana - American Bullfrog
Rana clamitans clamitans - Bronze Frog
Rana draytonii - California Red-legged Frog
Rana grylio - Pig Frog
Rana luteiventris - Columbia Spotted Frog
Rana muscosa - Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
Rana onca - Relict Leopard Frog
Rana pipiens - Northern Leopard Frog
Rana pretiosa - Oregon Spotted Frog
Rana sphenocephala - Southern Leopard Frog

Scaphiopus couchii - Couch's Spadefoot

Smilisca baudinii - Mexican Treefrog
Smilisca (Pternohyla) fodiens - Lowland Burrowing Treefrog

Spea hammondii - Western Spadefoot
Spea intermontana - Great Basin Spadefoot
Spea multiplicata (stagnalis) - New Mexican Spadefoot

Xenopus laevis - African Clawed Frog


Salamanders

Aneides lugubris - Arboreal Salamander
Dicamptodon ensatus - California Giant Salamander



Reptiles


Snakes

Crotalus - Rattlesnakes - various species of rattlesnakes rattling and hissing
Pituophis catenifer - Gophersnake - hissing. You can also hear this species buzzing its tail in this video


Lizards

Coleonyx variegatus variegatus - Desert Banded Gecko - squeaking
Heloderma suspectum - Gila Monster - hissing
Hemidactylus turcicus - Mediterranean House Gecko - chirping



Reptile and Amphibian Mimics (or sound-alikes)


Birds

Burrowing Owls (imitating a rattlesnake)


Insects

Cicada (sounding like a rattlesnake rattle)