List of amphibians of Quebec

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Amphibians in Quebec are classified into two orders: Caudata — which includes salamanders and newts — and Anura — which includes toads and frogs. The first order comprises ten species classified in four families, and the second order also comprises ten species classified in three families.

Photo Names
(common / scientific)		 IUCN Status Notes Distribution map
Family Proteidae
Common mudpuppy
Necturus maculosus		 LC Common and widespread in the Saint Lawrence River, Ottawa River, and Richelieu River. Often caught by ice fishing enthusiasts and commercial fishing operations.[1][2]
Family Salamandridae
Eastern red-spotted newt
Notophthalmus viridescens		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec.[2]
Family Ambystomatidae
Spotted salamander
Ambystoma maculatum		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec. This species can live up to 32 years.[2][3]
Blue-spotted salamander
Ambystoma laterale		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec.[2]
Family Plethodontidae
Northern dusky salamander
Desmognathus fuscus		 LC This species is likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable in Quebec.[4]
Allegheny Mountain dusky salamander
Desmognathus ochrophaeus		 LC This species is designated as threatened in Quebec.[4] COSEWIC considers the Appalachian population as critically endangered.[5] The rarest salamander in the province, found only on the north slope of Covey Hill in Havelock, where it was first observed in 1988.[6][7]
Northern two-lined salamander
Eurycea bislineata		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec.[2]
Northern spring salamander
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus		 LC This species is designated as vulnerable in Quebec.[4] COSEWIC considers this species threatened.[8]
Four-toed salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum		 LC This species is likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable in Quebec.[4]
Eastern red-backed salamander
Plethodon cinereus		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec.[2]

Anura

Photo Names
(common / scientific)		 IUCN Status Notes Distribution map
Family Bufonidae
American toad
Anaxyrus americanus		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec.[2]
Family Hylidae
Gray treefrog
Dryophytes versicolor		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec.[2]
Spring peeper
Pseudacris crucifer		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec.[2]
Western chorus frog
Pseudacris triseriata		 LC Following a revision of the genus Pseudacris, the population of Western chorus frog in Quebec and eastern Ontario is now considered to belong to the species Boreal chorus frog.[9][10][11] The Western chorus frog is no longer a species present in Quebec.
Boreal chorus frog
Pseudacris maculata		 LC This species is likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable in Quebec.[4]
Family Ranidae
Wood frog
Lithobates sylvaticus		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec.[2] The most northern amphibian in North America, the only one whose range extends beyond the Arctic Circle and reaches the Arctic Ocean.[12]
Northern leopard frog
Lithobates pipiens		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec.[2] Introduced to Anticosti Island in 1899.[13][14] It is legal to hunt this species in Quebec.[15]
Pickerel frog
Lithobates palustris		 LC This species is likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable in Quebec.[4]
Green frog
Lithobates clamitans		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec. Introduced to Anticosti Island,[16] the Magdalen Islands, Newfoundland, and British Columbia.[17] It is legal to hunt this species in Quebec.[2]
Mink frog
Lithobates septentrionalis		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec. Introduced to Anticosti Island.[2][18]
American bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeianus		 LC Common and widespread in Quebec.[2] It is legal to hunt this species in Quebec.

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