List of amphibians of Pennsylvania

This is a list of amphibians of Pennsylvania as listed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.^[1] Notes on ranges provided by Pennsylvania Amphibian & Reptile Survey.^[2] Pennsylvania has 41 native species of amphibians, with 23 salamanders and newts, and 18 species of frogs and toads. Of these species, 13 are of special concern, 2 are threatened, 6 are endangered, and 1 species is extirpated.

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Common name	Scientific name	Status	Notes	Distribution
Jefferson salamander	Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Green, 1827)	Species of special concern	Females of this species can form a unisexual form that cannot be identified to species level without DNA testing^[3]	Statewide, seemingly absent from near Philadelphia and the surrounding counties
Blue-spotted salamander	Ambystoma laterale Hallowell, 1856	Endangered	Females of this species can form a unisexual form that cannot be identified to species level without DNA testing^[3]	Allegheny National Forest and surrounding areas; also a single record from Crawford County^[4] and Northampton County^[2]
Spotted salamander	Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802)	Abundant		Statewide
Marbled salamander	Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807)	Species of special concern		Primarily southeastern counties, extends into central counties, scattered records in eastern counties
Tiger salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825)	Extirpated^[5]	Females of this species can form a unisexual form that cannot be identified to species level without DNA testing^[3]	Formerly known from Allegheny County and Cumberland County, has not been recorded in over a century

Common name	Scientific name	Status	Notes	Distribution
Green salamander	Aneides aeneus (Cope & Packard, 1881)	Threatened		Fayette County
Northern dusky salamander	Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)	Abundant		Statewide
Seal salamander	Desmognathus monticola Dunn, 1916	Species of special concern		Southwestern counties
Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander	Desmognathus ochrophaeus Cope, 1859	Abundant		Statewide except southeast and some central counties
Northern two-lined salamander	Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)	Abundant		Statewide
Eastern long-tailed salamander	Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818)	Abundant	Nominate subspecies	Statewide, but notably absent from Wayne County and Erie County
Northern spring salamander	Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus (Green, 1827)	Abundant	Nominate subspecies	Statewide except southeast
Four-toed salamander	Hemidactylium scutatum (Tschudi, 1838)	Abundant		Statewide
Eastern red-backed salamander	Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)	Abundant		Statewide
Northern ravine salamander	Plethodon electromorphus Highton, 1999	Species of special concern		Southwestern counties
Northern slimy salamander	Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818)	Abundant		Statewide
Valley and ridge salamander	Plethodon hoffmani Highton, 1972	Species of special concern		Central and south-central counties
Wehrle's salamander	Plethodon wehrlei Fowler and Dunn, 1917	Abundant		North-central and west-central counties
Eastern mud salamander	Pseudotriton montanus montanus Baird, 1850	Endangered	Nominate subspecies	Franklin County and Cumberland County
Northern red salamander	Pseudotriton ruber ruber (Latreille, 1801)	Abundant	Nominate subspecies	Statewide

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Status	Notes	Distribution
	Eastern American toad	Anaxyrus americanus americanus (Holbrook, 1836)	Abundant		Statewide
	Fowler's toad	Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882)	Species of special concern		Primarily eastern, with some scattered central and western observations and a notable population on Presque Isle State Park in Erie County^[6]

Common name	Scientific name	Status	Notes	Distribution
Northern cricket frog	Acris crepitans Baird, 1854	Endangered	If subspecies are recognized, it would be the nominate subspecies Acris crepitans crepitans	Southeastern, south-central, and Luzerne County
Cope's gray treefrog	Dryophytes chrysoscelis (Cope, 1880)	Species of special concern	Usually indistinguishable from Dryophytes versicolor without DNA analysis or analysis of mating call^[7] Sometimes placed in the genus Hyla	Southeastern and southwestern counties
Gray treefrog	Dryophytes versicolor (Le Conte, 1825)	Abundant	Usually indistinguishable from Dryophytes chrysoscelis without DNA analysis or analysis of mating call^[7] Sometimes placed in the genus Hyla	Statewide, less common in southwestern counties
Mountain chorus frog	Pseudacris brachyphona (Cope, 1889)	Species of special concern		Southwestern counties
Spring peeper	Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)	Abundant		Statewide
Upland chorus frog	Pseudacris feriarum Baird, 1854	Species of special concern		Central and south-central
New Jersey chorus frog	Pseudacris kalmi Harper, 1855	Endangered		Bucks County and Montgomery County
Western chorus frog	Pseudacris triseriata Wied-Neuwied, 1838	Species of special concern	Not officially seen in Pennsylvania since 1958^[2] but present in New York and near the Ohio border	Western counties

Common name	Scientific name	Status	Notes	Distribution
American bullfrog	Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)	Abundant		Statewide
Green frog	Lithobates clamitans (Rafinesque, 1820)	Abundant	If subspecies are recognized, the Pennsylvania subspecies would be Lithobates clamitans melanota	Statewide
Atlantic Coast leopard frog	Lithobates kauffeldi (Feinberg et al., 2014)	Endangered		Bucks County, Philadelphia County, and Delaware County
Pickerel frog	Lithobates palustris (Le Conte, 1825)	Abundant		Statewide
Northern leopard frog	Lithobates pipiens (von Schreber, 1782)	Species of special concern		Scattered reports across the state, but more common to the west and especially the northwest, and also around Northumberland County
Coastal Plains leopard frog	Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius (Harlan, 1825)	Endangered		Southeasternmost counties
Wood frog	Lithobates sylvaticus (Le Conte, 1825)	Abundant		Statewide

List of amphibians of Pennsylvania

Anura - frogs and toads

Nonnative species

References

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