Amphibians of West Virginia

Order Anura (frogs and toads)

Family Scaphiopodidae (American spadefoot toads)

Scaphiopus holbrookii (eastern spadefoot)

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Family Bufonidae (true toads)

Anaxyrus americanus americanus (Eastern American toad)

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Anaxyrus fowleri (Fowler's toad)

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Family Hylidae (tree frogs and allies)

Acris crepitans crepitans (Eastern cricket frog)

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Acris crepitans blanchardi (Blanchard's cricket frog)

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Hyla versicolor (gray tree frog)

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Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope's gray tree frog)

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Pseudacris feriarum (upland chorus frog)

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Pseudacris crucifer crucifer (northern spring peeper)

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Family Ranidae (true frogs)

Lithobates catesbeianus (American bullfrog)

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Lithobates clamitans melanota (northern green frog)

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Lithobates sylvaticus (wood frog)

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Lithobates pipiens (northern leopard frog)

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Lithobates palustris (pickerel frog)

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Order Caudata (salamanders)

Family Cryptobranchidae (giant salamanders)

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (eastern hellbender)

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Family Ambystomatidae (mole salamanders)

Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Jefferson salamander)

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Ambystoma maculatum (spotted salamander)

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Ambystoma opacum (marbled salamander)

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Ambystoma texanum (small-mouth salamander)

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Ambystoma barbouri (streamside salamander)

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Family Salamandridae (true salamanders)

Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens (red-spotted newt)

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Family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)

Desmognathus fuscus (dusky salamander)

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Desmognathus ochrophaeus (Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander)

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Desmognathus monticola (seal salamander)

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Desmognathus welteri (black mountain salamander)

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Desmognathus quadramaculatus (blackbelly salamander)

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Plethodon cinereus (red-backed salamander )

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Plethodon richmondi (ravine salamander)

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Plethodon virginia (Shenandoah Mountain salamander)

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Plethodon kentucki (Cumberland Plateau salamander )

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Plethodon nettingi (Cheat Mountain salamander)

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Plethodon glutinosus (northern slimy salamander)

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Plethodon cylindraceus (white-spotted slimy salamander )

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Plethodon wehrlei (Wehrle's salamander)

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Plethodon punctatus (white-spotted salamander)

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Hemidactylium scutatum (four-toed salamander)

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Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus (northern spring salamander)

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Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi (Kentucky spring salamander)

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Gyrinophilus subterraneus (West Virginia spring salamander)

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Pseudotriton montanus diastictus (Midland mud salamander)

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Pseudotriton ruber ruber (northern red salamander)

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Aneides aeneus (green salamander)

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Eurycea cirrigera (southern two-lined salamander)

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Eurycea bislineata (northern two-lined salamander)

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Eurycea longicauda longicauda (long-tailed salamander )

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Eurycea lucifuga (spotted-tail salamander)

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Family Proteidae (waterdogs and mudpuppies)

Necturus maculosus maculosus (common mudpuppy)

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