United States of America
Checklist of Endemic Amphibian Species
This list of amphibian species found exclusively in the United States of America is based on the taxonomy used in Frost (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
Frost, D.R. (2004) Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. 3.0 (22 August 2004). American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
The current version of this electronic database is accessible here
x = extinct
Bufo baxteri (Anura - Bufonidae) Wyoming Toad
Bufo canorus (Anura - Bufonidae) Yosemite Toad
Bufo exsul (Anura - Bufonidae) Black Toad
Bufo houstonensis (Anura - Bufonidae) Houston Toad
Bufo microscaphus (Anura - Bufonidae) Arizona Toad
Bufo nelsoni (Anura - Bufonidae) Amargosa Toad
Bufo quercicus (Anura - Bufonidae) Oak Toad
Bufo terrestris (Anura - Bufonidae) Southern Toad
Acris gryllus (Anura - Hylidae) Southern Cricket Frog
Hyla andersonii (Anura - Hylidae) Pine Barrens Treefrog
Hyla avivoca (Anura - Hylidae) Bird-voiced Treefrog
Hyla cinera (intro) (Anura - Hylidae) Green Treefrog
Hyla femoralis (Anura - Hylidae) Pine Woods Treefrog
Hyla gratiosa (Anura - Hylidae) Barking Treefrog
Hyla squirella (intro) (Anura - Hylidae) Squirrel Treefrog
Pseudacris brachyphona (Anura - Hylidae) Mountain Chorus Frog
Pseudacris brimleyi (Anura - Hylidae) Brimley's Chorus Frog
Pseudacris feriarum (Anura - Hylidae) Upland Chorus Frog
Pseudacris illinoensis (Anura - Hylidae) Illinois Chorus Frog
Pseudacris nigrita (Anura - Hylidae) Southern Chorus Frog
Pseudacris ocularis (Anura - Hylidae) Little Grass Frog
Pseudacris ornata (Anura - Hylidae) Ornate Chorus Frog
Pseudacris streckeri (Anura - Hylidae) Strecker's Chorus Frog
Eleutherodactylus marnockii (Anura - Leptodactylidae) Cliff Chirping Frog
Gastrophryne carolinensis (intro) (Anura - Microhylidae) Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
Rana areolata (Anura - Ranidae) Crawfish Frog
Rana blairi (Anura - Ranidae) Plains Leopard Frog
Rana boylii (Anura - Ranidae) Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
Rana capito (Anura - Ranidae) Gopher Frog
Rana cascadae (Anura - Ranidae) Cascades Frog
Rana fisheri x (Anura - Ranidae) Las Vegas Leopard Frog
Rana grylio (intro) (Anura - Ranidae) Pig Frog
Rana heckscheri (intro) (Anura - Ranidae) River Frog
Rana muscosa (Anura - Ranidae) Southern Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
Rana okaloosae (Anura - Ranidae) Florida Bog Frog
Rana onca (Anura - Ranidae) Relict Leopard Frog
Rana sevosa (Anura - Ranidae) Dusky Gopher Frog
Rana sphenocephala (intro) (Anura - Ranidae) Southern Leopard Frog
Rana subaquavocalis (Anura - Ranidae) Ramsey Canyon Leopard Frog
Rana virgatipes (Anura - Ranidae) Carpenter Frog
Scaphiopus holbrookii (Anura - Scaphiopodidae) Eastern Spadefoot
Scaphiopus hurterii (Anura - Scaphiopodidae) Hurter's Spadefoot
Ambystoma annulatum (Caudata - Ambystomatidae) Ringed Salamander
Ambystoma barbouri (Caudata - Ambystomatidae) Streamside Salamander
Ambystoma californiense (Caudata - Ambystomatidae) California Tiger Salamander
Ambystoma cingulatum (Caudata - Ambystomatidae) Frosted Flatwoods Salamander
Ambystoma mabeei (Caudata - Ambystomatidae) Mabee's Salamander
Ambystoma opacum (Caudata - Ambystomatidae) Marbled Salamander
Ambystoma talpoideum (Caudata - Ambystomatidae) Mole Salamander
Amphiuma means (Caudata - Amphiumidae) Two-toed Amphiuma
Amphiuma pholeter (Caudata - Amphiumidae) One-toed Amphiuma
Amphiuma tridactylum (Caudata - Amphiumidae) Three-toed Amphiuma
Cryptobranchus alleganensis (Caudata - Cryptobranchidae) Hellbender
Dicamptodon aterrimus (Caudata - Dicamptodontidae) Idaho Giant Salamander
Dicamptodon copei (Caudata - Dicamptodontidae) Cope's Giant Salamander
Dicamptodon ensatus (Caudata - Dicamptodontidae) California Giant Salamander
Aneides aeneus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Green Salamander
Aneides ferreus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Clouded Salamander
Aneides flavipunctatus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Black Salamander
Aneides hardii (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Sacramento Mountain Salamander
Aneides vagrans (intro) (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Wandering Salamander
Batrachoseps attenuatus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) California Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps campi (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Inyo Mountains Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps diabolicus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Hell Hollow Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps gabrieli (Caudata - Plethodontidae) San Gabriel Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps gavilanensis (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps gregarius (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Gregarious Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps incognitus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) San Simeon Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps kawia (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Sequoia Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps luciae (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Santa Lucia Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps minor (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Garden Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps nigriventris (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Blackbelly Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps pacificus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Channel Islands Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps regius (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Kings River Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps relictus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Relictual Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps robustus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Kern Plateau Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps simatus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Kern Canyon Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps stebbinsi (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Tehachapi Slender Salamander
Batrachoseps wrightorum (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Oregon Slender Salamander
Desmognathus abditus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Cumberland Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus aeneus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Seepage Salamander
Desmognathus apalachicolae (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Apalachicola Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus auriculatus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Southern Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus brimleyorum (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Ouachita Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus carolinensis (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus conanti (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Spotted Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus folkertsi (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Dwarf Black-bellied Salamander
Desmognathus imitator (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Imitator Salamander
Desmognathus marmoratus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Shovelnose Salamander
Desmognathus monticola (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Seal Salamander
Desmognathus ocoee (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Ocoee Salamander
Desmognathus orestes (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus quadramaculatus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Blackbelly Salamander
Desmognathus santeetlah (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Santeetlah Dusky Salamander
Desmognathus welteri (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Black Mountain Salamander
Desmognathus wrighti (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Pygmy Salamander
Eurycea aquatica (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Dark-sided Salamander
Eurycea chamberlaini (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Chamberlain's Dwarf Salamander
Eurycea chisholmensis (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Chisholm Trail Salamander
Eurycea cirrigera (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Southern Two-lined Salamander
Eurycea guttolineata (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Three-lined Salamander
Eurycea junaluska (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Junaluska Salamander
Eurycea latitans (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Cascade Caverns Salamander
Eurycea longicauda (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Longtail Salamander
Eurycea lucifuga (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Cave Salamander
Eurycea multiplicata (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Many-ribbed Salamander
Eurycea nana (Caudata - Plethodontidae) San Marcos Salamander
Eurycea naufragia (Caudata - Plethodontidae) San Gabriel Springs Salamander
Eurycea neotenes (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Texas Salamander
Eurycea pterophila (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Blanco River Springs Salamander
Eurycea quadridigitata (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Dwarf Salamander
Eurycea rathbuni (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Texas Blind Salamander
Eurycea robusta (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Blanco Blind Salamander
Eurycea sorsorum (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Barton Springs Salamander
Eurycea spelaea (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Grotto Salamander
Eurycea tonkawae (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Jollyville Plateau Salamander
Eurycea tridentifera (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Comal Blind Salamander
Eurycea troglodytes (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Valdina Farms Salamander
Eurycea tynerensis (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Oklahoma Salamander
Eurycea waterlooensis (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Austin Blind Salamander
Eurycea wilderae (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander
Gyrinophilus gulolineatus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Berry Cave Salamander
Gyrinophilus palleucus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Tennessee Cave Salamander
Gyrinophilus subterraneus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) West Virginia Spring Salamander
Haideotriton wallacei (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Georgia Blind Salamander
Hydromantes brunus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Limestone Salamander
Hydromantes platycephalus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Mount Lyell Salamander
Hydromantes shastae (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Shasta Salamander
Phaeognathus hubrichti (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Red Hills Salamander
Plethodon ainsworthi x (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Ainsworth's Salamander
Plethodon albagula (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Western Slimy Salamander
Plethodon amplus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Blue Ridge Gray-cheeked Salamander
Plethodon angusticlavius (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Ozark Zigzag Salamander
Plethodon aureolus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Tellico Salamander
Plethodon caddoensis (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Caddo Mountain Salamander
Plethodon chattahoochee (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander
Plethodon chlorobryonis (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Atlantic Coast Slimy Salamander
Plethodon choeoh (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Cheoah Bald Salamander
Plethodon cylindraceus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) White-spotted Slimy Salamander
Plethodon dorsalis (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Northern Zigzag Salamander
Plethodon dunni (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Dunn's Salamander
Plethodon electromorphus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Northern Ravine Salamander
Plethodon elongatus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Del Norte Salamander
Plethodon fourchensis (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Fourche Mountain Salamander
Plethodon glutinosus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Northern Slimy Salamander
Plethodon grobmani (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Southeastern Slimy Salamander
Plethodon hoffmani (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Valley and Ridge Salamander
Plethodon hubrichti (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Peaks of Otter Salamander
Plethodon jordani (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Red-cheeked Salamander
Plethodon kentucki (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Cumberland Plateau Salamander
Plethodon kiamichi (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Kiamichi Slimy Salamander
Plethodon kisatchie (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Louisiana Slimy Salamander
Plethodon larselli (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Larch Mountain Salamander
Plethodon meridianus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) South Mountain Gray-cheeked Salamander
Plethodon metcalfi (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Southern Gray-cheeked Salamander
Plethodon mississippi (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Mississippi Slimy Salamander
Plethodon montanus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Northern Gray-cheeked Salamander
Plethodon neomexicanus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Jemez Mountains Salamander
Plethodon nettingi (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Cheat Mountain Salamander
Plethodon ocmulgee (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Ocmulgee Slimy Salamander
Plethodon ouachitae (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Rich Mountain Salamander
Plethodon petraeus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Pigeon Mountain Salamander
Plethodon punctatus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) White-spotted Salamander
Plethodon richmondi (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Southern Ravine Salamander
Plethodon savannah (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Savannah Slimy Salamander
Plethodon sequoyah (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Sequoyah Slimy Salamander
Plethodon serratus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Southern Redback Salamander
Plethodon shenandoah (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Shenandoah Salamander
Plethodon shermani (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Red-legged Salamander
Plethodon stormi (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Siskiyou Mountains Salamander
Plethodon teyahalee (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Southern Appalachian Salamander
Plethodon vandykei (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Van Dyke's Salamander
Plethodon variolatus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) South Carolina Slimy Salamander
Plethodon ventralis (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Southern Zigzag Salamander
Plethodon virginia (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Shenandoah Mountain Salamander
Plethodon websteri (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Webster's Salamander
Plethodon wehrlei (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Wehrle's Salamander
Plethodon welleri (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Weller's Salamander
Plethodon yonahlossee (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Yonahlossee Salamander
Pseudotriton montanus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Mud Salamander
Pseudotriton ruber (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Red Salamander
Stereochilus marginatus (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Many-lined Salamander
Necturus alabamensis (Caudata - Proteidae) Alabama Waterdog
Necturus beyeri (Caudata - Proteidae) Gulf Coast Waterdog
Necturus lewisi (Caudata - Proteidae) Neuse River Waterdog
Necturus punctatus (Caudata - Proteidae) Dwarf Waterdog
Rhyacotriton cascadae (Caudata - Rhyacotritonidae) Cascade Torrent Salamander
Rhyacotriton kezeri (Caudata - Rhyacotritonidae) Columbia Torrent Salamander
Rhyacotriton olympicus (Caudata - Rhyacotritonidae) Olympic Torrent Salamander
Rhyacotriton variegatus (Caudata - Rhyacotritonidae) Southern Torrent Salamander
Notophthalmus perstriatus (Caudata - Salamandridae) Striped Newt
Taricha rivularis (Caudata - Salamandridae) Redbelly Newt
Taricha torosa (Caudata - Salamandridae) Coast Range Newt
Pseudobranchus axanthus (Caudata - Sirenidae) Narrow-striped Dwarf Siren
Pseudobranchus striatus (Caudata - Sirenidae) Dwarf Siren
Additional endemic amphibian species that were recognized as distinct species too recently to be included in Frost (2004) are given below. This list is primarily based on information from the IUCN Red List (here) and the current version of the Amphibian Species of the World database (here) and includes species described through 2008. In addition to the 195 endemic amphibian species listed above, these additional 7 species total 202 species of amphibians known solely from the United States of America.
Pseudacris fouquettei (Anura - Hylidae) Cajun Chorus Frog 2008
Pseudacris kalmi (Anura - Hylidae) New Jersey Chorus Frog 1955
Rana sierrae (Anura - Ranidae) Sierra Nevada Yellow-legged Frog 1917
Ambystoma bishopi (Caudata - Ambystomatidae) Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander 1950
Plethodon asupak (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Scott Bar Salamander 2005
Plethodon sherando (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Big Levels Salamander 2004
Taricha sierra (Caudata - Plethodontidae) Sierra Newt 1942