List of amphibians of California

  • = probably extirpated
Image Species Common name
  Ascaphus truei Coast tailed frog
Image Species Common name
  Incilius alvarius Sonoran desert toad *
  Anaxyrus boreas halophilus Western toad
  Bufo californicus Arroyo toad
  Anaxyrus canorus [e] Yosemite toad
  Bufo cognatus Great Plains toad
  Bufo exsul [e] Black toad
Bufo microscaphus Arizona toad *
  Bufo punctatus Red-spotted toad
  Bufo woodhousii Woodhouse's toad
Species Common name
Pseudacris cadaverina California chorus frog
Pseudacris hypochondriaca Southern Pacific chorus frog
Pseudacris regilla Northern Pacific chorus frog
Pseudacris sierra Central Pacific chorus frog
Image Species Common name
  Scaphiopus couchii Couch's spadefoot
  Spea hammondii Western spadefoot
  Spea intermontana Great Basin spadefoot
Image Species Common name
  Rana aurora Northern red-legged frog
  Rana berlandieri [i] Rio Grande leopard frog
  Rana boylii Foothill yellow-legged frog
  Rana cascadae Cascades frog
  Rana catesbeiana [i] American bullfrog
  Rana draytonii California red-legged frog
  Rana luteiventris Columbia spotted frog *
  Rana muscosa [e] Southern mountain yellow-legged frog
  Lithobates pipiens Northern leopard frog
  Rana pretiosa Oregon spotted frog *
  Rana sierrae Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog
  Lithobates sphenocephalus [i] Southern leopard frog *
  Rana yavapaiensis Lowland leopard frog *
Image Species Common name
  Xenopus laevis [i] African clawed frog
Image Species Common name
  Ambystoma californiense [e] California tiger salamander
  Ambystoma gracile Northwestern salamander
  Ambystoma macrodactylum Long-toed salamander
  Ambystoma mavortium Barred tiger salamander
Image Species Common name
  Dicamptodon ensatus [e] California giant salamander
  Dicamptodon tenebrosus Pacific giant salamander
Image Species Common name
  Aneides ferreus Clouded salamander
  Aneides flavipunctatus Speckled black salamander
Aneides iëcanus Shasta black salamander
  Aneides lugubris Arboreal salamander
  Aneides niger Santa Cruz black salamander
Aneides vagrans [e] Wandering salamander
Batrachoseps altasierrae Greenhorn Mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps attenuatus California slender salamander
Batrachoseps bramei Fairview slender salamander
Batrachoseps campi [e] Inyo Mountains slender salamander
Batrachoseps diabolicus [e] Hell Hollow slender salamander
  Batrachoseps gabrieli [e] San Gabriel Mountains slender salamander
  Batrachoseps gavilanensis [e] Gabilan Mountains slender salamander
  Batrachoseps gregarius [e] Gregarious slender salamander
Batrachoseps incognitus [e] San Simeon slender salamander
  Batrachoseps kawia [e] Sequoia slender salamander
  Batrachoseps luciae [e] Santa Lucia Mountains slender salamander
  Batrachoseps major Garden slender salamander
Batrachoseps minor [e] Lesser slender salamander
  Batrachoseps nigriventris [e] Black-bellied slender salamander
  Batrachoseps pacificus [e] Channel Islands slender salamander
Batrachoseps regius [e] Kings River slender salamander
Batrachoseps relictus [e] Relictual slender salamander
Batrachoseps robustus [e] Kern Plateau slender salamander
Batrachoseps simatus [e] Kern Canyon slender salamander
Batrachoseps stebbinsi [e] Tehachapi slender salamander
  Ensatina eschscholtzii Ensatina
Hydromantes brunus [e] Limestone salamander
Hydromantes platycephalus [e] Mount Lyell salamander
Hydromantes shastae [e] Shasta salamander
  Plethodon asupak [e] Scott Bar salamander
  Plethodon dunni Dunn's salamander
  Plethodon elongatus Del Norte salamander
Plethodon stormi Siskiyou Mountains salamander
Image Species Common name
  Rhyacotriton variegatus Southern torrent salamander
Image Species Common name
  Taricha granulosa Rough-skinned newt
  Taricha rivularis [e] Red-bellied newt
  Taricha sierrae [e] Sierra Nevada newt
  Taricha torosa [e] California newt
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