Amphibians of North Carolina

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Caudata

            Amphiumidae
                        Two-toed Amphiuma
                        Amphiuma means
           
Cryptobranchidae
                        Eastern Hellbender
                        Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis
           
Proteidae
                        Neuse River Waterdog
                        Necturus lewisi
                       
Mudpuppy
                        Necturus maculosus maculosus
                        Dwarf Waterdog
                        Necturus punctatus
           
Sirenidae
                        Eastern Lesser Siren
                        Siren intermedia intermedia
                        Greater Siren
                        Siren lacertiana
            Salamandridae
                        Red-spotted Newt
                        Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens
                        Broken-striped Newt
                        Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis
           
Ambystomatidae
                        Mabee's Salamander
                        Ambystoma mabeei
                       
Spotted Salamander
                        Ambystoma maculatum
                       
Marbled Salamander
                        Ambystoma opacum
                       
Mole Salamander
                        Ambystoma talpoideum
                       
Eastern Tiger Salamander
                        Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum
          
Plethodontidae
                        Green Salamander
                        Aneides aeneus
                        Seepage Salamander
                        Desmognathus aeneus
                        Southern Dusky Salamander
                        Desmognathus auriculatus
                       
Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander
                        Desmognathus carolinensis
                       
Northern Dusky Salamander
                        Desmognathus fuscus
                       
Imitator Salamander
                        Desmognathus imitator
                       
Shovelnose Salamander
                        Desmognathus marmoratus
                        Seal Salamander
                        Desmognathus monticola
                       
Ocoee Salamander
                        Desmognathus ocoee
                       
Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander
                        Desmognathus orestes
                       
Blackbelly Salamander
                        Desmognathus quadramaculatus
                       
Santeetlah Dusky Salamander
                        Desmognathus santeetlah
                       
Pigmy Salamander
                        Desmognathus wrighti
                       
Southern Two-lined Salamander
            `           Eurycea cirrigera
                       
Three-lined Salamander
                        Eurycea guttolineata
                        Junaluska Salamander
                        Eurycea junaluska
                       
Longtail Salamander
                        Eurycea longicauda
                       
Dwarf Salamander
                        Eurycea quadridigitata
                       
Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander
                        Eurycea wilderae
                       
Blue Ridge Spring Salamander
                        Gyrinophilus porphyriticus danielsi
                       
Four-toed Salamander
                        Hemidactylium scutatum
                        Tellico Salamander
                        Plethodon aureolus
                       
Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander
                        Plethodon Chattahoochee
                        Atlantic Coastal Slimy Salamander
                        Plethodon chlorobryonis
                       
Redback Salamander
                        Plethodon cinereus
                       
White-spotted Slimy Salamander
                        Plethodon cylindraceus
                       
Northern Slimy Salamander
                        Plethodon glutinosus
                       
Jordan's Salamander
                        Plethodon jordani
                       
Crevice Salamander
                        Plethodon longicrus
                       
Southern Gray-cheeked Salamander
                        Plethodon metcalfi
                       
Ravine Salamander
                        Plethodon richmondi
                       
Southern Redback Salamander
                        Plethodon serratus
                       
Red-legged Salamander
                        Plethodon shermani 
                       
Southern Appalachian Salamander
                        Plethodon teyahalee
                       
Southern Zigzag Salamander
                        Plethodon ventralis
                       
Wehrle's Salamander
                        Plethodon wehrlei
                       
Weller's Salamander
                        Plethodon welleri
                       
Yonahlossee Salamander
            `           Plethodon yonahlossee
                       
Eastern Mud Salamander
                        Pseudotriton montanus montanus
                       
Red Salamander
                        Pseudotriton ruber
                       
Many-lined Salamander
                        Stereochilus marginatus

Salientia (Anura)

            Pelobatidae
                        Eastern Spadefoot

                        Scaphiopus holbrookii
           
Bufonidae
                       
American Toad
                        Bufo americanus
                       
Oak Toad
                        Bufo quercicus
                       
Southern Toad
                        Bufo terrestris
                        Fowler's Toad
                        Bufo fowleri
           
Hylidae
                       
Northern Cricket Frog
                        Acris crepitans
                       
Southern Cricket Frog
                        Acris gryllus
                       
Pine Barrens Treefrog
                        Hyla andersonii
                       
Gray Treefrog
                        Hyla chrysoscelis  or  Hyla versicolor
                       
Green Treefrog
                        Hyla cinerea
                       
Pine Woods Treefrog
                        Hyla femoralis
                       
Barking Treefrog
                         Hyla gratiosa
                       
Squirrel Treefrog
                        Hyla squirella
                       
Mountain Chorus Frog
                        Pseudacris brachyphona
                       
Brimley's Chorus Frog
                        Pseudacris brimleyi
                       
Spring Peeper
                        Pseudacris crucifer
                       
Southern Chorus Frog
                        Pseudacris nigrita
                       
Little Grass Frog
                        Pseudacris ocularis
                       
Ornate Chorus Frog
                        Pseudacris ornate
                       
Upland Chorus Frog
                        Pseudacris feriarum
           
Microhylidae
                        Eastern Narrowmouth Toad
                        Gastrophryne carolinensis
           
Ranidae
                        Carolina Gopher Frog

                        Rana capito capito
                       
Bullfrog
                        Rana catesbeiana
                       
Bronze Frog and Green Frog
                        Rana clamitans
                       
River Frog
                        Rana heckscheri
                       
Pickerel Frog
                        Rana palustris
                       
Southern Leopard Frog
                        Rana utricularia
                       
Wood Frog
                        Rana sylvatica
                       
Carpenter Frog
                        Rana virgatipes