Kinds of Anura

Scientific name -- Other names

Ascaphidae -- Tailed frogs

Ascaphus montanus Mittleman and Myers, 1949 -- Eastern tailed frog

Ascaphus truei Stejneger, 1899 -- Tailed frog

Craugastor augusti (Dugès in Brocchi, 1879) -- Barking frog

Bufonidae -- True toads

Bufo alvarius Girard, 1859 -- Colorado river toad; Sonora desert toad

Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 -- Eastern american toad; Dwarf american toad

Bufo baxteri Porter, 1968 -- Wyoming toad

Bufo boreas Baird and Girard, 1852 -- Western Toad

Bufo californicus Camp, 1915 -- Arroyo Toad

Bufo canorus Camp, 1916 -- Yosemite toad

Bufo cognatus Say, 1823 -- Great plains toad

Bufo debilis Girard, 1854 -- Eastern Green Toad; Western Green Toad

Bufo exsul Myers, 1942 -- Black toad

Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 -- Fowlers toad

Bufo hemiophrys Cope, 1886 -- Canadian toad

Bufo houstonensis Sanders, 1953 -- Houston toad

Bufo marinus (Linneaus, 1758) -- Cane toad

Bufo microscaphus Cope, 1867 -- Arizona toad

Bufo nebulifer Girard, 1854 -- Coastal plain toad

Bufo nelsoni Stejneger, 1893 -- Amargosa toad

Bufo punctatus Baird and Girard, 1852 -- Red-spotted Toad

Bufo quercicus Holbrook, 1840 -- Oak Toad

Bufo retiformis Sanders and Smith, 1951 -- Sonoran green toad

Bufo speciosus Girard, 1854 -- Texas toad

Bufo terrestris (Bonnaterre, 1789) -- Southern Toad

Bufo woodhousii Shannon and Lowe, 1955 -- Southwestern woodhouses toad; East texas toad

Hylidae -- Treefrogs; Chorus frogs

Acris crepitans Harper, 1947 -- Blanchards cricket frog; Northern cricket frog; Coastal cricket frog

Acris gryllus (Harlan, 1827) -- Florida Cricket Frog; Southern Cricket Frog

Hyla andersonii Baird, 1854 -- Pine Barrens Treefrog

Hyla arenicolor Cope, 1886 -- Canyon Treefrog

Hyla avivoca Viosca, 1928 -- Bird-voiced treefrog

Hyla chrysoscelis Cope, 1880 -- Copes gray treefrog

Hyla cinerea (Schneider, 1792) -- Green treefrog

Hyla eximia Baird, 1854 -- Mountain treefrog

Hyla femoralis Bosc and Daudin, 1800 -- Pine Woods Treefrog

Hyla gratiosa Le Conte, 1856 -- Barking Treefrog

Hyla squirella Bosc, 1800 -- Squirrel treefrog

Hyla versicolor Le Conte, 1823 -- Gray treefrog

Hyla wrightorum Taylor, 1939 -- Arizona treefrog

Osteolipus septentrionalis Dumeril and Bibron, 1841 -- Cuban treefrog

Pseudacris brachyphona (Cope, 1889) -- Mountain Chorus Frog

Pseudacris brimleyi Brandt and Walker, 1933 -- Brimleys Chorus Frog

Pseudacris cadaverina (Cope, 1866) -- California chorus frog

Pseudacris clarkii (Baird, 1854) -- Spotted Chorus Frog

Pseudacris crucifer (Harper, 1939) -- Southern spring peeper; Northern spring peeper

Pseudacris feriarum (Baird, 1854) -- Upland chorus frog

Pseudacris illinoensis Smith, 1951 -- Illinois chorus frog

Pseudacris kalmi Harper, 1955 -- New Jersey Chorus Frog

Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850) -- Boreal Chorus Frog

Pseudacris nigrita (Le Conte, 1825) -- Southern Chorus Frog, Florida Chorus Frog

Pseudacris ocularis (Bosc and Daudin, 1801) -- Little grass frog

Pseudacris ornata (Holbrook, 1836) -- Ornate Chorus Frog

Pseudacris regilla (Baird and Girard, 1852) -- Pacific Chorus Frog

Pseudacris streckeri Wright and Wright, 1933 -- Streckers chorus frog

Pseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) -- Western Chorus Frog

Pternohyla fodiens Boulenger, 1882 -- Lowland Burrowing Treefrog; Northern Casquehead Frog

Smilisca baudinii (Dumeril and Bibron, 1841) -- Mexican Treefrog

Smilisca fodiens (Boulenger, 1882) -- Lowland burrowing treefrog

Leptodactylidae -- Neotropical frogs

Eleutherodactylus augusti Taylor, 1938 -- Western barking frog; Eastern barking frog

Eleutherodactylus coqui Thomas, 1866 -- Puerto rican coqui

Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides (Stejneger, 1915) -- Rio Grande Chirping Frog

Eleutherodactylus guttilatus (Cope, 1879) -- Spotted chirping frog

Eleutherodactylus marnockii Cope, 1878 -- Cliff Chirping Frog

Eleutherodactylus planirostris (Cope, 1862) -- Greenhouse frog

Leptodactylus labialis (Cope, 1877) -- White-lipped frog

Microhylidae -- Microhylid frogs; Narrowmouth toads

Gastrophryne carolinensis (Holbrook, 1836) -- Eastern Narrowmouth Toad

Gastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1857) -- Great plains narrowmouth toad

Hypopachus variolosus (Cope, 1866) -- Sheep frog

Pipidae -- Clawed frogs

Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802) -- African Clawed Frog

Ranidae -- True frogs; Riparian frogs

Rana areolata Baird and Girard, 1852 -- Southern Crawfish Frog, Northern Crawfish Frog

Rana aurora Baird and Girard, 1852 -- Northern Red-legged Frog, California Red-legged Frog

Rana berlandieri Baird, 1859 -- Rio Grande Leopard Frog

Rana blairi Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown, and Brown, 1973 -- Plains Leopard Frog

Rana boylii Baird, 1854 -- Foothill yellow-legged frog

Rana capito Le Conte, 1855 -- Carolina gopher frog

Rana cascadae Slater, 1939 -- Cascades frog

Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802 -- Bullfrog

Rana chiricahuensis Platz and Mecham, 1979 -- Chiricahua Leopard Frog

Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 -- Bronze Frog

Rana grylio Stejneger, 1901 -- Pig Frog

Rana heckscheri Wright, 1924 -- River Frog

Rana luteiventris Thompson, 1913 -- Columbia Spotted Frog

Rana muscosa Camp, 1917 -- Mountain Yellow-legged Frog

Rana okaloosae Moler, 1985 -- Florida Bog Frog

Rana onca Cope, 1875 -- Relict leopard frog

Rana palustris Le Conte, 1825 -- Pickerel Frog

Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 -- Northern Leopard Frog

Rana pretiosa Baird and Girard, 1853 -- Oregon spotted frog

Rana septentrionalis Baird, 1854 -- Mink Frog

Rana sevosa Goin & Netting, 1940 -- Dusky gopher frog

Rana sphenocephala Cope, 1886 -- Southern leopard frog; Florida leopard frog

Rana subaquavocalis Platz, 1993 -- Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog

Rana sylvatica Le Conte, 1825 -- Wood Frog

Rana tarahumarae Boulenger, 1917 -- Tarahumara Frog

Rana virgatipes Cope, 1891 -- Carpenter Frog

Rana yavapaiensis Platz & Frost, 1984 -- Lowland leopard frog

Rhinophrynidae -- Burrowing toad

Rhinophrynus dorsalis Dumeril and Bibron, 1841 -- Mexican Burrowing Toad

Scaphiopodidae -- Spadefoot toads

Scaphiopus couchii Baird, 1854 -- Couchs Spadefoot

Scaphiopus holbrookii (Harlan, 1835) -- Eastern Spadefoot

Scaphiopus hurterii Strecker, 1910 -- Hurters Spadefoot

Spea bombifrons (Cope, 1863) -- Plains spadefoot

Spea hammondii (Baird, 1859) -- Western Spadefoot

Spea intermontana (Cope, 1883) -- Great Basin Spadefoot

Spea multiplicata (Cope, 1863) -- New Mexico Spadefoot

Updated: 2009-11-18 05:19:30