List of amphibians of Minnesota

List of Minnesota amphibians lists all of the salamanders, frogs and toads found in Minnesota.

Salamanders

There are seven species of Salamanders in Minnesota.^[1]

Common name	Scientific Name	Status
Spotted Salamander	Ambystoma maculatum	Least Concern
Blue-spotted Salamander	Ambystoma laterale	Least Concern
Tiger Salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum	Least Concern
Four-toed Salamander	Hemidactylium scutatum	Special Concern
Common Mudpuppy	Necturus maculosus	Least Concern
Central Newt	Notophthalmus viridescens	Least Concern
Red Back Salamander	Plethodon cinereus	Least Concern

Frogs

There are eleven species of frogs in Minnesota.^[2]

Common name	Scientific Name	Status
Northern Cricket Frog	Acris crepitans	Least Concern, Endangered in Minnesota
Cope's Gray Treefrog	Hyla chrysoscelis	Least Concern
Eastern Gray Treefrog	Hyla versicolor	Least Concern
Spring Peeper	Pseudacris crucifer	Least Concern
Western Chorus Frog	Pseudacris triseriata	Least Concern
Bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana	Least Concern
Green Frog	Rana clamitans	Least Concern
Pickerel Frog	Rana palustris	Least Concern
Northern Leopard Frog	Rana pipiens	Least Concern
Mink Frog	Rana septentrionalis	Least Concern
Wood Frog	Rana sylvatica	Least Concern

Toads

There are three species of toads in Minnesota.^[2]

Common name	Scientific Name	Status	Distribution
American Toad	Bufo americanus	Least Concern
Great Plains Toad	Bufo cognatus	Least Concern	Southern Canada, in the province of Alberta, throughout the western United States, and into northern Mexico.
Canadian Toad	Bufo hemiophrys	Least Concern

References

↑ The Amphibians of Minnesota Accessed August 20th, 2006
1 2 CGEE: Mn Frogs and Toads Accessed August 19th, 2006

External links

List of amphibians of the United States by political division

States	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Federal district	Washington, D.C.

Insular areas	American Samoa Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands

Other lists	North American amphibians North American reptiles Amphibians and reptiles by region Amphibians of Yellowstone National Park

Fauna and Flora of Minnesota

Fauna	List of amphibians of Minnesota List of ants of Minnesota List of birds of Minnesota List of fish of Minnesota List of mammals of Minnesota List of reptiles of Minnesota

Flora	List of Minnesota aquatic plants List of Minnesota trees List of Minnesota wild flowers

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