This is a list of amphibians native to the state of Virginia. Species which are endemic to Virginia are bolded.
Name | Species / Subspecies | Family | Conservation status | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
IUCN Red List | State (NatureServe) | ||||
American toad | Anaxyrus americanus americanus | Bufonidae | Secure (S5) | ||
Fowler's toad | Anaxyrus fowleri | Bufonidae | Secure (S5) | ||
Oak toad | Anaxyrus quercicus | Bufonidae | Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Southern toad | Anaxyrus terrestris | Bufonidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Eastern cricket frog | Acris crepitans crepitans | Hylidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Southern cricket frog | Acris gryllus | Hylidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Cope's gray tree frog | Dryophrytes chrysoscelis | Hylidae | Secure (S5) | ||
Green tree frog | Dryophrytes cinereus | Hylidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Pine woods tree frog | Dryophrytes femoralis | Hylidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Barking tree frog | Dryophrytes gratiosus | Hylidae | Imperiled (S2) | ||
Squirrel tree frog | Dryophrytes squirellus | Hylidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Gray tree frog | Dryophrytes versicolor | Hylidae | Secure (S5) | ||
Appalachian mountain chorus frog | Pseudacris brachyphona | Hylidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Brimley's chorus frog | Pseudacris brimleyi | Hylidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Spring peeper | Pseudacris crucifer | Hylidae | Secure (S5) | ||
Upland chorus frog | Pseudacris feriarum | Hylidae | Secure (S5) | ||
New Jersey chorus frog | Pseudacris kalmi | Hylidae | |||
Southern chorus frog | Pseudacris nigrita | Hylidae | Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Little grass frog | Pseudacris ocularis | Hylidae | Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Eastern narrow-mouthed toad | Gastrophryne carolinensis | Microhylidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
American bullfrog | Lithobates catesbeianus | Ranidae | Secure (S5) | ||
Northern green frog | Lithobates clamitans melanota | Ranidae | Secure (S5) | ||
Atlantic coast leopard frog | Lithobates kauffeldi | Ranidae | |||
Pickerel frog | Lithobates palustris | Ranidae | Secure (S5) | ||
Southern leopard frog | Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius | Ranidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||
Wood frog | Lithobates sylvaticus | Ranidae | Secure (S5) | ||
Carpenter frog | Lithobates virgatipes | Ranidae | Vulnerable (S3) | ||
Eastern spadefoot toad | Scaphiopus holbrooki | Scaphiopodidae | Apparently Secure (S4) |
Name | Species / Subspecies | Conservation status | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IUCN Red List | Federal (ESA) | State (Virginia DWR) | State (NatureServe) | |||
Green salamander | Aneides aeneus | Vulnerable (S3) | ||||
Holbrook's southern dusky salamander | Desmognathus auriculatus | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||||
Northern dusky salamander | Desmognathus fuscus | Secure (S5) | ||||
Kanawha black-bellied salamander | Desmognathus kanawha | |||||
Shovel-nosed salamander | Desmognathus marmoratus | Critically Imperiled (S1) | ||||
Pisgah black-bellied salamander | Desmognathus mavrokoilius | |||||
Seal salamander | Desmognathus monticola | Secure (S5) | ||||
Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander | Desmognathus ochrophaeus | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||||
Blue Ridge dusky salamander | Desmognathus orestes | Vulnerable (S3) | ||||
Northern pygmy salamander | Desmognathus organi | Imperiled (S2) | ||||
Flat-headed salamander | Desmognathus planiceps | Vulnerable (G3) | ||||
Black Mountain dusky salamander | Desmognathus welteri | Vulnerable (S3) | ||||
Northern two-lined salamander | Eurycea bislineata | Secure (S5) | ||||
Southern two-lined salamander | Eurycea cirrigera | Secure (S5) | ||||
Three-lined salamander | Eurycea guttolineata | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||||
Eastern long-tailed salamander | Eurycea longicauda longicauda | Secure (S5) | ||||
Cave salamander | Eurycea lucifuga | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||||
Blue Ridge two-lined salamander | Eurycea wilderae | Imperiled (S2) | ||||
Spring salamander | Gyrinophilus porphyriticus | Secure (S5) | ||||
Four-toed salamander | Hemidactylium scutatum | Secure (S5) | ||||
Atlantic Coast slimy salamander | Plethodon chlorobryonis | |||||
Eastern red-backed salamander | Plethodon cinereus | Secure (S5) | ||||
White-spotted slimy salamander | Plethodon cylindraceus | Secure (S5) | ||||
Dixie Caverns salamander | Plethodon dixi | Critically Imperiled (G1) | ||||
Northern slimy salamander | Plethodon glutinosus | Secure (S5) | ||||
Valley and ridge salamander | Plethodon hoffmani | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||||
Peaks of Otter salamander | Plethodon hubrichti | Imperiled (G2) | ||||
Blacksburg salamander | Plethodon jacksoni | |||||
Cumberland Plateau salamander | Plethodon kentucki | Vulnerable (S3) | ||||
Northern gray-cheeked salamander | Plethodon montanus | Vulnerable (S3) | ||||
Cow Knob salamander | Plethodon punctatus | Imperiled (S2) | ||||
Southern ravine salamander | Plethodon richmondi | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||||
Shenandoah salamander | Plethodon shenandoah | Endangered | State Endangered | Critically Imperiled (G1) | ||
Big Levels salamander | Plethodon sherando | Imperiled (G2) | ||||
Southern zigzag salamander | Plethodon ventralis | Critically Imperiled (S1) | ||||
Shenandoah Mountain salamander | Plethodon virginia | Imperiled (S2) | ||||
Wehrle's salamander | Plethodon wehrlei | Apparently Secure (S4) | ||||
Weller's salamander | Plethodon welleri | Imperiled (S2) | ||||
Yonahlossee salamander | Plethodon yonahlossee | Vulnerable (S3) | ||||
Mud salamander | Pseudotriton montanus | Secure (S5) | ||||
Red salamander | Pseudotriton ruber | Secure (S5) | ||||
Many-lined salamander | Stereochilus marginatus | Vulnerable (S3) |
Name | Species / Subspecies | Family | Conservation status | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IUCN Red List | State (Virginia DWR) | State (NatureServe) | ||||
Jefferson salamander | Ambystoma jeffersonianum | Ambystomatidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | |||
Mabee's salamander | Ambystoma mabeei | Ambystomatidae | State Threatened | Critically Imperiled (S1) | ||
Spotted salamander | Ambystoma maculatum | Ambystomatidae | Secure (S5) | |||
Marbled salamander | Ambystoma opacum | Ambystomatidae | Secure (S5) | |||
Mole salamander | Ambystoma talpoideum | Ambystomatidae | Imperiled (S2) | |||
Eastern tiger salamander | Ambystoma tigrinum | Ambystomatidae | State Endangered | Critically Imperiled (S1) | ||
Two-toed amphiuma | Amphiuma means | Amphiumidae | Apparently Secure (S4) | |||
Eastern hellbender | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis | Cryptobranchidae | Imperiled (S2) | |||
Common mudpuppy | Necturus maculosus maculosus | Proteidae | Imperiled (S2) | |||
Dwarf waterdog | Necturus punctatus | Proteidae | Imperiled (S2) | |||
Red-spotted newt | Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens | Salamandridae | Secure (S5) | |||
Eastern lesser siren | Siren intermedia intermedia | Sirenidae | ||||
Greater siren | Siren lacertina | Sirenidae | Vulnerable (S3) |