List of Minnesota amphibians lists all of the salamanders, frogs, and toads found in Minnesota.
There are eight species of salamanders in Minnesota.[1]
Common name | Scientific name | Status | Distribution | Size | Picture | |
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Spotted salamander | Ambystoma maculatum | Least concern | ||||
Blue-spotted salamander | Ambystoma laterale | Least concern | ||||
Western tiger salamander | Ambystoma mavortium | Least concern | ||||
Eastern tiger salamander | Ambystoma tigrinum | Least concern | ||||
Four-toed salamander | Hemidactylium scutatum | Special concern | ||||
Common mudpuppy | Necturus maculosus | Least concern | ||||
Central newt | Notophthalmus viridescens | Least concern | ||||
Red-backed salamander | Plethodon cinereus | Least concern |
There are eleven species of frogs in Minnesota.
Common name | Scientific name | Status | Distribution | Size | Picture | |
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Blanchard's cricket frog | Acris blanchardi | Least concern, endangered in Minnesota | ||||
Cope's gray treefrog | Hyla chrysoscelis | Least concern | ||||
Gray treefrog | Hyla versicolor | Least concern | ||||
Spring peeper | Pseudacris crucifer | Least concern | ||||
Boreal chorus frog | Pseudacris maculata | Least concern | ||||
Bullfrog | Lithobates catesbeianus | Least concern | ||||
Green frog | Lithobates clamitans | Least concern | ||||
Pickerel frog | Lithobates palustris | Least concern | ||||
Northern leopard frog | Lithobates pipiens | Least concern | ||||
Mink frog | Lithobates septentrionalis | Least concern | ||||
Wood frog | Lithobates sylvaticus | Least concern |
There are three species of toads in Minnesota.
Common name | Scientific name | Status | Distribution | Size | Picture | |
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American toad | Anaxyrus americanus | Least concern | ||||
Great Plains toad | Anaxyrus cognatus | Least concern | Southern Canada, in the province of Alberta, throughout the western United States, and into northern Mexico. | |||
Canadian toad | Anaxyrus hemiophrys | Least concern |