List of U.S. state amphibians

This is a list of official U.S. state amphibians. State amphibians are designated by tradition or the respective state legislatures.[1]

Table

StateState amphibianBinomial
nomenclature
PhotoYear
AlabamaRed Hills salamanderPhaeognathus hubrichti2000[2]
ArizonaArizona tree frogHyla eximia1986[3]
CaliforniaCalifornia red-legged frogRana draytonii2014[4]
ColoradoWestern tiger salamanderAmbystoma mavortium 2012[5]
GeorgiaAmerican green tree frogHyla cinerea2005[6]
IdahoIdaho giant salamanderDicamptodon aterrimus2015[7]
IllinoisEastern tiger salamanderAmbystoma tigrinum2005[8]
IowaAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeianaUnofficial
KansasBarred tiger salamanderAmbystoma mavortium2005[9]
LouisianaAmerican green tree frogHyla cinerea1993[10]
MinnesotaNorthern leopard frogRana pipiensProposed in 1999[11]
MissouriAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeiana2005[12]
New HampshireRed-spotted newtNotophthalmus viridescens1985[13]
New MexicoNew Mexico spadefoot toadSpea multiplicata2003[14]
New YorkWood frogLithobates sylvaticusProposed in 2015[15]
North Carolina Pine barrens tree frog
(state frog)
Hyla andersonii2013[16]
Marbled salamander
(state salamander)
Ambystoma opacum2013[17]
Ohio Spotted salamander
(state amphibian)
Ambystoma maculatum2010[18]
American bullfrog
(state frog)
Rana catesbeiana2010[19]
OklahomaAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeiana1997[20]
South CarolinaSpotted salamanderAmbystoma maculatum1999[21]
TennesseeTennessee cave salamanderGyrinophilus palleucus1995[22]
TexasTexas toadBufo speciosus2009[23]
VermontNorthern leopard frogRana pipiens1998[24]
WashingtonPacific tree frogPseudacris regilla2007[25]
D.C. & U.S. TerritoriesAmphibianBinomial
nomenclature
ImageYear
Puerto RicoCommon coquíEleutherodactylus coquiUnofficial

See also

References

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  11. "Minnesota State Symbols--Unofficial, Proposed, or Facetious". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
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  15. Mahoney, Bill (17 June 2015). "Senate backs the wood frog — barely". Capital New York. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  16. "North Carolina State Frog". North Carolina. NETSTATE. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
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  19. "State Frog - Bullfrog". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
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  21. State of South Carolina Code of Laws. "Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 9, Section 1-1-699". Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
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  23. "Students Lauded for Naming Official State Amphibian of Texas" (Press release). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
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  25. State Symbols of Washington. "State symbols". Archived from the original on 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2007-11-27.

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