List of amphibians of the Indiana Dunes

Indiana Dunes National Park is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, United States. A BioBlitz took place there on May 15 and 16, 2009.[1] During that time, a list of organisms was compiled which included a preliminary listing of the (freshwater) amphibians of the area.[2]

List of amphibian species

Indiana Dunes National Park is a National Park Service unit on the shore of Lake Michigan in Indiana, USA. The park has completed numerous inventories over the years and has identified 18 unique species of amphibians without the park boundaries. The park represents the natural habitats along 25 miles of the Lake Michigan shoreline in Indiana.

Salamanders (Caudata)

  • Ambystoma (Mole salamanders)
  • Ambystoma jeffersonianum,[3] Jefferson Salamander
  • Ambystoma laterale[3] -Blue-spotted Salamander
  • Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum - Tiger Salamander[4]
  • Plethodon cinereus - Red Back Salamander

Toads and Frogs (Anura)

  • Acris crepitans blanchardi[3] - Northern Cricket Frog
  • Bufo americanus / Anaxyrus americanus - American toad
  • Bufo fowleri[3] / Anaxyrus fowleri - Fowler's Toad[4]
  • Hyla versicolor[3] - Gray tree frog[4]
  • Pseudacris crucifer[3] - Spring Peeper[4]
  • Pseudacris triseriata[3] - Western Chorus Frog
  • Rana catesbeiana[4] / Lithobates catesbeiana - Bullfrog
  • Rana clamitans melanota[3] - Northern Green Frog[4]
  • Rana pipiens[3] / Lithobates pipiens - Northern Leopard Frog
  • Rana sylvatica / Lithobates sylvaticus - Wood Frog

Newt

  • Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis[3] - eastern newt[4] (Notophthalmus viridescens)

Notes
  1. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
  2. Temporary list of Species found (June 6, 2009) Archived February 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Ecology of Miller Woods, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Research Program, Report 90-01; National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; Porter Indiana; 1990
  4. Environmental Assessment, Portage Lakefront Park, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore; National Park Service; May 2007
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