Class Amphibia

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Class Amphibia

• Order Caudata the Salamanders

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Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum
Marbled Salamander Ambystoma opacum
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Mole Salamander Ambystoma talpoideum
Small-mouthed Salamander Ambystoma texanum
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Tiger Salamanders Ambystoma tigrinum
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Dusky Salamander Desmognathus fuscus
Dwarf Salamander Eurycea quadridigitata
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Red-backed Salamander Plethodon cinereus
Black-spotted Newt (terrestrial
eft) Notophthalmus meridionalis
Black-spotted Newt (aquatic adult) Notophthalmus
meridionalis
Newts are fully aquatic salamanders as adults.
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Other adult Aquatic Salamanders
Water-dog Necturus beyeri
Siren Siren lacertina
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Class Amphibia
Order Anura the Frogs Toads
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Key to tadpoles

• http//www.pwrc.usgs.gov/tadpole/division_3.htm

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True Frogs

• Family Ranidae

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Pig Frog Rana grylio
Bronze Frog Rana clamitans
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Crayfish Frog Rana areolata
Bullfrog Rana catesbiana
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Southern Leopard Frog Rana utricularia
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Treefrogs

• Family Hylidae

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Local members of the Genus Hyla

• Spring Peeper Hyla crucifer
• Green Treefrog H. cinerea
• Squirrel Treefrog H. squirella
• Gray Treefrog H. versicolor
• Copes Gray Treefrog H. chrysoscelis

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Other local members of Hylidae

• Cricket Frog Acris gryllus
• Western Chorus Frog Pseudoacris triseriata

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Rio Grande Chirping Frog
(Syrrhophus cystignathoides),
An introduced species has come up from South
Texas via potted plants.
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Narrow-mouthed Toads

• Family Microhylidae

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Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne
carolinensis
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True Toads

• Family Bufonidae

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Toads have venomous parotid glands behind their
eyes!
Gulf Coast Toad (very common!) Bufo valliceps
Houston Toad (endangered!) Bufo houstonensis
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East Texas specialties
Texas Toad Bufo speciosus
East Texas Toad Bufo velatus
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Spadefoot Toads

• Family Scaphiopodidae

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Two Local species

• Scaphiopus hurterii

• Spea bombifrons

• Hurters Spadefoot Toad

• Plains Spadefoot Toad

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To hear frogs and toads

• http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/wildlife
  _diversity/texas_nature_trackers/amphibian_watch/a
  mphibian_species/

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Become an Amphibian Tracker!

• http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/wildlife
  _diversity/texas_nature_trackers/amphibian_watch/a
  mphibian_spotters/