Amphibians of West Virginia

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Order Anura (frogs and toads)[edit]

Family Scaphiopodidae (American spadefoot toads)[edit]

Scaphiopus holbrookii (eastern spadefoot)[edit]

Family Bufonidae (true toads)[edit]

Anaxyrus americanus americanus (Eastern American toad)[edit]

Anaxyrus fowleri (Fowler's toad)[edit]

Family Hylidae (tree frogs and allies)[edit]

Acris crepitans crepitans (Eastern cricket frog)[edit]

Acris crepitans blanchardi (Blanchard's cricket frog)[edit]

Hyla versicolor (gray tree frog)[edit]

Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope's gray tree frog)[edit]

Pseudacris brachyphona (mountain chorus frog)[edit]

Pseudacris feriarum (upland chorus frog)[edit]

Pseudacris crucifer crucifer (northern spring peeper)[edit]

Family Ranidae (true frogs)[edit]

Lithobates catesbeianus (American bullfrog)[edit]

Lithobates clamitans melanota (northern green frog)[edit]

Lithobates sylvaticus (wood frog)[edit]

Lithobates pipiens (northern leopard frog)[edit]

Lithobates palustris (pickerel frog)[edit]

Order Caudata (salamanders)[edit]

Family Cryptobranchidae (giant salamanders)[edit]

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis (eastern hellbender)[edit]

Family Ambystomatidae (mole salamanders)[edit]

Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Jefferson salamander)[edit]

Ambystoma maculatum (spotted salamander)[edit]

Ambystoma opacum (marbled salamander)[edit]

Ambystoma texanum (small-mouth salamander)[edit]

Ambystoma barbouri (streamside salamander)[edit]

Family Salamandridae (true salamanders)[edit]

Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens (red-spotted newt)[edit]

Family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)[edit]

Desmognathus fuscus (dusky salamander)[edit]

Desmognathus ochrophaeus (Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander)[edit]

Desmognathus monticola (seal salamander)[edit]

Desmognathus welteri (black mountain salamander)[edit]

Desmognathus quadramaculatus (blackbelly salamander)[edit]

Plethodon cinereus (red-backed salamander )[edit]

Plethodon richmondi (ravine salamander)[edit]

Plethodon electromorphus (northern ravine salamander)[edit]

Plethodon hoffmani (valley and ridge salamander)[edit]

Plethodon virginia (Shenandoah Mountain salamander)[edit]

Plethodon kentucki (Cumberland Plateau salamander )[edit]

Plethodon nettingi (Cheat Mountain salamander)[edit]

Plethodon glutinosus (northern slimy salamander)[edit]

Plethodon cylindraceus (white-spotted slimy salamander )[edit]

Plethodon wehrlei (Wehrle's salamander)[edit]

Plethodon punctatus (white-spotted salamander)[edit]

Hemidactylium scutatum (four-toed salamander)[edit]

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus (northern spring salamander)[edit]

Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi (Kentucky spring salamander)[edit]

Gyrinophilus subterraneus (West Virginia spring salamander)[edit]

Pseudotriton montanus diastictus (Midland mud salamander)[edit]

Pseudotriton ruber ruber (northern red salamander)[edit]

Aneides aeneus (green salamander)[edit]

Eurycea cirrigera (southern two-lined salamander)[edit]

Eurycea bislineata (northern two-lined salamander)[edit]

Eurycea longicauda longicauda (long-tailed salamander )[edit]

Eurycea lucifuga (spotted-tail salamander)[edit]

Family Proteidae (waterdogs and mudpuppies)[edit]

Necturus maculosus maculosus (common mudpuppy)[edit]