List of amphibians of Virginia explained

This is a list of amphibians native to the state of Virginia. Species which are endemic to Virginia are bolded.

Anura (frogs and toads)

NameSpecies / SubspeciesFamilyConservation status
IUCN Red ListState (NatureServe)
American toadAnaxyrus americanus americanusBufonidaeSecure (S5)
Fowler's toadAnaxyrus fowleriBufonidaeSecure (S5)
Oak toadAnaxyrus quercicusBufonidaeVulnerable (S3)
Southern toadAnaxyrus terrestrisBufonidaeApparently Secure (S4)
Eastern cricket frogAcris crepitans crepitansHylidaeApparently Secure (S4)
Southern cricket frogAcris gryllusHylidaeApparently Secure (S4)
Cope's gray tree frogDryophrytes chrysoscelisHylidaeSecure (S5)
Green tree frogDryophrytes cinereusHylidaeApparently Secure (S4)
Pine woods tree frogDryophrytes femoralisHylidaeApparently Secure (S4)
Barking tree frogDryophrytes gratiosusHylidaeImperiled (S2)
Squirrel tree frogDryophrytes squirellusHylidaeApparently Secure (S4)
Gray tree frogDryophrytes versicolorHylidaeSecure (S5)
Appalachian mountain chorus frogPseudacris brachyphonaHylidaeApparently Secure (S4)
Brimley's chorus frogPseudacris brimleyiHylidaeApparently Secure (S4)
Spring peeperPseudacris cruciferHylidaeSecure (S5)
Upland chorus frogPseudacris feriarumHylidaeSecure (S5)
New Jersey chorus frogPseudacris kalmiHylidae
Southern chorus frogPseudacris nigritaHylidaeVulnerable (S3)
Little grass frogPseudacris ocularisHylidaeVulnerable (S3)
Eastern narrow-mouthed toadGastrophryne carolinensisMicrohylidaeApparently Secure (S4)
American bullfrogLithobates catesbeianusRanidaeSecure (S5)
Northern green frogLithobates clamitans melanotaRanidaeSecure (S5)
Atlantic coast leopard frogLithobates kauffeldiRanidae
Pickerel frogLithobates palustrisRanidaeSecure (S5)
Southern leopard frogLithobates sphenocephalus utriculariusRanidaeApparently Secure (S4)
Wood frogLithobates sylvaticusRanidaeSecure (S5)
Carpenter frogLithobates virgatipesRanidaeVulnerable (S3)
Eastern spadefoot toadScaphiopus holbrookiScaphiopodidaeApparently Secure (S4)

Salamanders

Lungless salamanders (Plethodontidae)

NameSpecies / SubspeciesConservation status
IUCN Red ListFederal (ESA)State (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)
Green salamanderAneides aeneusVulnerable (S3)
Holbrook's southern dusky salamanderDesmognathus auriculatusApparently Secure (S4)
Northern dusky salamanderDesmognathus fuscusSecure (S5)
Kanawha black-bellied salamanderDesmognathus kanawha
Shovel-nosed salamanderDesmognathus marmoratusCritically Imperiled (S1)
Pisgah black-bellied salamanderDesmognathus mavrokoilius
Seal salamanderDesmognathus monticolaSecure (S5)
Allegheny Mountain dusky salamanderDesmognathus ochrophaeusApparently Secure (S4)
Blue Ridge dusky salamanderDesmognathus orestesVulnerable (S3)
Northern pygmy salamanderDesmognathus organiImperiled (S2)
Flat-headed salamanderDesmognathus planicepsVulnerable (G3)
Black Mountain dusky salamanderDesmognathus welteriVulnerable (S3)
Northern two-lined salamanderEurycea bislineataSecure (S5)
Southern two-lined salamanderEurycea cirrigeraSecure (S5)
Three-lined salamanderEurycea guttolineataApparently Secure (S4)
Eastern long-tailed salamanderEurycea longicauda longicaudaSecure (S5)
Cave salamanderEurycea lucifugaApparently Secure (S4)
Blue Ridge two-lined salamanderEurycea wilderaeImperiled (S2)
Spring salamanderGyrinophilus porphyriticusSecure (S5)
Four-toed salamanderHemidactylium scutatumSecure (S5)
Atlantic Coast slimy salamanderPlethodon chlorobryonis
Eastern red-backed salamanderPlethodon cinereusSecure (S5)
White-spotted slimy salamanderPlethodon cylindraceusSecure (S5)
Dixie Caverns salamanderPlethodon dixiCritically Imperiled (G1)
Northern slimy salamanderPlethodon glutinosusSecure (S5)
Valley and ridge salamanderPlethodon hoffmaniApparently Secure (S4)
Peaks of Otter salamanderPlethodon hubrichtiImperiled (G2)
Blacksburg salamanderPlethodon jacksoni
Cumberland Plateau salamanderPlethodon kentuckiVulnerable (S3)
Northern gray-cheeked salamanderPlethodon montanusVulnerable (S3)
Cow Knob salamanderPlethodon punctatusImperiled (S2)
Southern ravine salamanderPlethodon richmondiApparently Secure (S4)
Shenandoah salamanderPlethodon shenandoahEndangeredState EndangeredCritically Imperiled (G1)
Big Levels salamanderPlethodon sherandoImperiled (G2)
Southern zigzag salamanderPlethodon ventralisCritically Imperiled (S1)
Shenandoah Mountain salamanderPlethodon virginiaImperiled (S2)
Wehrle's salamanderPlethodon wehrleiApparently Secure (S4)
Weller's salamanderPlethodon welleriImperiled (S2)
Yonahlossee salamanderPlethodon yonahlosseeVulnerable (S3)
Mud salamanderPseudotriton montanusSecure (S5)
Red salamanderPseudotriton ruberSecure (S5)
Many-lined salamanderStereochilus marginatusVulnerable (S3)

Other salamanders

NameSpecies / SubspeciesFamilyConservation status
IUCN Red ListState (Virginia DWR)State (NatureServe)
Jefferson salamanderAmbystoma jeffersonianumAmbystomatidaeApparently Secure (S4)
Mabee's salamanderAmbystoma mabeeiAmbystomatidaeState ThreatenedCritically Imperiled (S1)
Spotted salamanderAmbystoma maculatumAmbystomatidaeSecure (S5)
Marbled salamanderAmbystoma opacumAmbystomatidaeSecure (S5)
Mole salamanderAmbystoma talpoideumAmbystomatidaeImperiled (S2)
Eastern tiger salamanderAmbystoma tigrinumAmbystomatidaeState EndangeredCritically Imperiled (S1)
Two-toed amphiumaAmphiuma meansAmphiumidaeApparently Secure (S4)
Eastern hellbenderCryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensisCryptobranchidaeImperiled (S2)
Common mudpuppyNecturus maculosus maculosusProteidaeImperiled (S2)
Dwarf waterdogNecturus punctatusProteidaeImperiled (S2)
Red-spotted newtNotophthalmus viridescens viridescensSalamandridaeSecure (S5)
Eastern lesser sirenSiren intermedia intermediaSirenidae
Greater sirenSiren lacertinaSirenidaeVulnerable (S3)

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