List of U.S. state amphibians

This is a list of official U.S. state, federal district, and territory amphibians. State amphibians are designated by tradition or the respective state legislatures.[1]

As of 2023, only 28 states and one territory have a state amphibian.

Table

StateCommon nameScientific namePhotoYear
AlabamaRed Hills salamanderPhaeognathus hubrichti2000[2]
ArizonaArizona tree frogHyla eximia1986[3]
CaliforniaCalifornia red-legged frogRana draytonii2014[4]
ColoradoWestern tiger salamanderAmbystoma mavortium 2012[5]
GeorgiaAmerican green tree frogHyla cinerea2005[6]
IdahoIdaho giant salamanderDicamptodon aterrimusA neotenic adult Idaho giant salamander2015[7]
IllinoisEastern tiger salamanderAmbystoma tigrinum2005[8]
IowaAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeianaUnofficial
KansasBarred tiger salamanderAmbystoma mavortium2005[9]
LouisianaAmerican green tree frogHyla cinerea1993[10]
MaineSpring peeperPseudacris cruciferA spring peeper on a tree making its distinctive "peep" call

2025[11]

MinnesotaNorthern leopard frogRana pipiensProposed in 1999[12]
MissouriAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeiana2005[13]
New HampshireRed-spotted newtNotophthalmus viridescens1985[14]
New JerseyPine Barrens tree frogDryophytes andersonii2018[15]
New MexicoNew Mexico spadefoot toadSpea multiplicata2003[16]
New YorkWood frogLithobates sylvaticusProposed in 2015[17]
North Carolina Pine barrens tree frog
(state frog)		Hyla andersonii2013[18]
Marbled salamander
(state salamander)		Ambystoma opacum2013[19]
Ohio Spotted salamander
(state amphibian)		Ambystoma maculatum2010[20]
American bullfrog
(state frog)		Rana catesbeiana2010[21]
OklahomaAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeiana1997[22]
Pennsylvania Eastern hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis 2019[23]
South CarolinaSpotted salamanderAmbystoma maculatum1999[24]
TennesseeTennessee cave salamanderGyrinophilus palleucus1995[25]
TexasTexas toadBufo speciosus2009[26]
VermontNorthern leopard frogRana pipiens1998[27]
Virginia Red salamander Pseudotriton ruber 2018[28]
WashingtonPacific tree frogPseudacris regilla2007[29]
West VirginiaRed salamanderPseudotriton ruber2015[30]
WyomingBlotched tiger salamanderAmbystoma mavortium melanostictum2019[31]
Federal district
or territory		Common nameScientific nameImageYear
Puerto RicoCommon coquíEleutherodactylus coquiUnofficial

See also

References

  1. ↑ Official State Amphibians Archived May 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
  2. ↑ "Official Alabama State Amphibian". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. November 6, 2003. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Colorado State Amphibian". Colorado. NETSTATE. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Idaho Giant Salamander named state amphibian". Idaho State Journal. April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  11. ↑ "LD 72, HP 36, Text and Status, 132nd Legislature, First Special Session". www.mainelegislature.org. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Minnesota State Symbols--Unofficial, Proposed, or Facetious". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Bill A1895". New Jersey Legislature. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  17. ↑ Mahoney, Bill (June 17, 2015). "Senate backs the wood frog — barely". Capital New York. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  18. ↑ "North Carolina State Frog". North Carolina. NETSTATE. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  19. ↑ "North Carolina State Salamander". North Carolina. NETSTATE. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  20. ↑ "State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  21. ↑ "State Frog - Bullfrog". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  22. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  23. ↑ Boeckel, Teresa. "It's official: The Eastern hellbender will become Pennsylvania's amphibian". The York Daily Record. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  24. ↑ State of South Carolina Code of Laws. "Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 9, Section 1-1-699". Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2007.
  25. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  26. ↑ "Students Lauded for Naming Official State Amphibian of Texas" (Press release). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. December 4, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
  27. ↑ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  28. ↑ "Red salamander named official salamander of Virginia thanks to 4-H group". www.vtnews.vt.edu. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  29. ↑ State Symbols of Washington. "State symbols". Archived from the original on November 15, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
  30. ↑ "Section Eleven: Departmental, Statistical & General Information" (PDF). West Virginia Blue Book. p. 1049.
  31. ↑ "SF0050 - State amphibian". State of Wyoming 66th Legislature. 2019.
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