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.

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State	Common name	Scientific name	Year
Alabama	Red Hills salamander	Phaeognathus hubrichti	2000^[2]
Arizona	Arizona tree frog	Hyla eximia	1986^[3]
California	California red-legged frog	Rana draytonii	2014^[4]
Colorado	Western tiger salamander	Ambystoma mavortium	2012^[5]
Georgia	American green tree frog	Hyla cinerea	2005^[6]
Idaho	Idaho giant salamander	Dicamptodon aterrimus	2015^[7]
Illinois	Eastern tiger salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum	2005^[8]
Iowa	American bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana	Unofficial^{[citation needed]}
Kansas	Barred tiger salamander	Ambystoma mavortium	2005^[9]
Louisiana	American green tree frog	Hyla cinerea	1993^[10]
Maine	Spring peeper	Pseudacris crucifer	2025^[11]
Minnesota	Northern leopard frog	Rana pipiens	Proposed in 1999^[12]
Missouri	American bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana	2005^[13]
New Hampshire	Red-spotted newt	Notophthalmus viridescens	1985^[14]
New Jersey	Pine Barrens tree frog	Dryophytes andersonii	2018^[15]
New Mexico	New Mexico spadefoot toad	Spea multiplicata	2003^[16]
New York	Wood frog	Lithobates sylvaticus	Proposed in 2015^[17]
North Carolina	Pine barrens tree frog (state frog)	Hyla andersonii	2013^[18]
North Carolina	Marbled salamander (state salamander)	Ambystoma opacum	2013^[19]
Ohio	Spotted salamander (state amphibian)	Ambystoma maculatum	2010^[20]
Ohio	American bullfrog (state frog)	Rana catesbeiana	2010^[21]
Oklahoma	American bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana	1997^[22]
Pennsylvania	Eastern hellbender	Cryptobranchus alleganiensis	2019^[23]
South Carolina	Spotted salamander	Ambystoma maculatum	1999^[24]
Tennessee	Tennessee cave salamander	Gyrinophilus palleucus	1995^[25]
Texas	Texas toad	Bufo speciosus	2009^[26]
Vermont	Northern leopard frog	Rana pipiens	1998^[27]
Virginia	Red salamander	Pseudotriton ruber	2018^[28]
Washington	Pacific tree frog	Pseudacris regilla	2007^[29]
West Virginia	Red salamander	Pseudotriton ruber	2015^[30]
Wyoming	Blotched tiger salamander	Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum	2019^[31]

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