List of amphibians of North Carolina explained
This is a list of amphibian species and subspecies found in North Carolina, based mainly on checklists from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. Common and scientific names are according to the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles publications.
Salamanders
Order: Caudata
Family: Sirenidae
- Eastern lesser siren Siren intermedia intermedia
Family: Cryptobranchidae
- Eastern hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis
Family: Proteidae
- Common mudpuppy Necturus maculosus maculosus
Family: Amphiumidae
Family: Ambystomatidae
- Spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum
- Eastern tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum
Family: Salamandridae
- Red-spotted newt Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens
- Broken-striped newt Notophthalmus viridescens dorsalis
Family: Plethodontidae
- Spotted dusky salamander Desmognathus conanti
- Ocoee salamander Desmognathus ocoee
- Blue Ridge spring salamander Gyrinophilus porphyriticus danielsi
- Carolina spring salamander Gyrinophilus porphyriticus dunni
- Northern spring salamander Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus
- Chattahoochee slimy salamander Plethodon chattahoochee
- Atlantic Coast slimy salamander Plethodon chlorobryonis
- Yonahlossee salamander Plethodon yonahlossee
- Blue Ridge red salamander Pseudotriton ruber nitidus
- Northern red salamander Pseudotriton ruber ruber
- Black-chinned red salamander Pseudotriton ruber schencki
Frogs
Order: Anura
Family: Scaphiopodidae
Family: Bufonidae
- Eastern American toad Anaxyrus americanus americanus
Family: Hylidae
Family: Microhylidae
Family: Ranidae
- American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus
Further reading
- Book: Beane . Jeffrey C. . Braswell . Alvin L. . Mitchell . Joseph C. . Palmer . William M. . Harrison . Julian R. III . 2010 . Amphibians and Reptiles of the Carolinas and Virginia . 2nd . Chapel Hill . University of North Carolina Press . 978-0-8078-7112-6.
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