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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... List of amphibian genera lists the vertebrate class of amphibians by genus ... Genus Ascaphus - Tailed frog ...
Some 50 to 100 extant species are now placed in this genus by various authors; many other species formerly placed in Rana are now placed elsewhere. Frost [3] restricted Rana to the Old World true frogs and the Eurasian brown and pond frogs of the common frog R. temporaria group, [4] although other authors disagreed with this arrangement.
The list below largely follows Darrel Frost's Amphibian Species of the World (ASW), Version 5.5 (31 January 2011). Another classification, which largely follows Frost, but deviates from it in part is the one of AmphibiaWeb , which is run by the California Academy of Sciences and several of universities.
This is a checklist of amphibians found in Northern America, based mainly on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. [1] [2] [3] The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also for example in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site. [4]
The northern leopard frog is the Vermont state amphibian. [1] Pickerel frog, Lithobates palustris, [53] [54] Rana palustris [55] The pickerel frog is the only poisonous frog native to Vermont. [56] [57] Spring peeper, Pseudacris crucifer [58] [59] Spring peepers are very common in Vermont. [60] Wood frog, Lithobates sylvaticus [61] [62] Wood ...
Amphibian Species of the World 6.2: An Online Reference (ASW) is a herpetology database. It lists the names of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians , which scientists first described each species and what year, and the animal's known range.
The world's largest frog is the goliath frog of West Africa—it can grow to 15 inches (38 centimeters) and weigh up to 7 pounds (3.2 kilograms). One of the smallest is the Cuban tree toad, which ...
In captivity, C. cranwelli and C. ornata are the most popular species, [4] along with the "fantasy frog", a captive-produced hybrid between C. cranwelli and C. cornuta.These frogs can live in a terrarium with a floor area 8-10 times the size of the frog. [4]