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⚫ This is a '''list of official U.S. state, federal district, and territories ]'''. State amphibians are designated by tradition or the respective ]s.<ref> ''NetState.com'', accessed April 21, 2006.</ref>
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⚫ This is a '''list of official U.S. state, federal district, and territory ]'''. State amphibians are designated by tradition or the respective ]s.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |date=May 14, 2011 }} ''NetState.com'', accessed April 21, 2006.</ref>

As of 2023, only 28 states and one territory have a state amphibian.


==Table== ==Table==
{| class="wikitable sortable" {| class="wikitable sortable"
! State !! Common name !! ] !! Photo !! Year
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! State !! State amphibian !! ] !! Photo !! Year
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| ] || ] || ''Phaeognathus hubrichti'' || ] || 2000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_amphib.html |title=Official Alabama State Amphibian |accessdate=2007-03-18 |date=2003-11-06 |work=Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Phaeognathus hubrichti'' || ] || 2000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/emblems/st_amphib.html |title=Official Alabama State Amphibian |accessdate=March 18, 2007 |date=November 6, 2003 |work=Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives & History}}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Hyla eximia'' || ]||1986<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Hyla eximia'' || ]||1986<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Rana draytonii'' || ]||2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2015-01-01 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Rana draytonii'' || ]||2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 1, 2015 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Ambystoma mavortium '' || ] || 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/amphibians/co_western_tiger_salamander.htm |title=Colorado State Amphibian |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=Colorado |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Ambystoma mavortium '' || ] || 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/amphibians/co_western_tiger_salamander.htm |title=Colorado State Amphibian |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=Colorado |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Hyla cinerea'' || ] || 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Hyla cinerea'' || ] || 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ] || ]|| ''Dicamptodon aterrimus'' ||<!-- Deleted image removed: ] -->|| 2015<ref>{{cite news |url=http://idahostatejournal.com/news/local/idaho-giant-salamander-named-state-amphibian/article_1735ddfe-d99e-11e4-809c-f706aeaddeb4.html |title=Idaho Giant Salamander named state amphibian |work=Idaho State Journal |date=2015-04-02 |accessdate=2017-04-10 }}</ref> | ] || ]|| ''Dicamptodon aterrimus'' ||<!-- Deleted image removed: ] -->|| 2015<ref>{{cite news |url=http://idahostatejournal.com/news/local/idaho-giant-salamander-named-state-amphibian/article_1735ddfe-d99e-11e4-809c-f706aeaddeb4.html |title=Idaho Giant Salamander named state amphibian |work=Idaho State Journal |date=April 2, 2015 |accessdate=April 10, 2017 }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Ambystoma tigrinum'' || ] || 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Ambystoma tigrinum'' || ] || 2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Rana catesbeiana'' || ] || Unofficial | ] || ] || ''Rana catesbeiana'' || ] || Unofficial
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| ] || ] || ''Ambystoma mavortium'' || ] ||2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Ambystoma mavortium'' || ] ||2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Hyla cinerea'' || ] ||1993<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Hyla cinerea'' || ] ||1993<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Rana pipiens'' || ] || Proposed in 1999<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/unsym.aspx|title=Minnesota State Symbols--Unofficial, Proposed, or Facetious|accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Rana pipiens'' || ] || Proposed in 1999<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/unsym.aspx|title=Minnesota State Symbols--Unofficial, Proposed, or Facetious|accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library}}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Rana catesbeiana'' || ] ||2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Rana catesbeiana'' || ] ||2005<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Notophthalmus viridescens'' || ] ||1985<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Notophthalmus viridescens'' || ] ||1985<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Spea multiplicata'' || ] ||2003<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Dryophytes andersonii'' || ] ||2018<ref>{{cite web |title=Bill A1895 |url=https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2018/A1895 |website=New Jersey Legislature |access-date=3 November 2023}}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Spea multiplicata'' || ] ||2003<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
⚫ | ] || ] || ''Lithobates sylvaticus'' || ] ||Proposed in 2015<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mahoney|first1=Bill|title=Senate backs the wood frog — barely|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2015/06/8570433/senate-backs-wood-frog-%E2%80%94-barely|accessdate=18 June 2015|work=Capital New York|date=17 June 2015}}</ref>
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⚫ | ] || ] || ''Lithobates sylvaticus'' || ] ||Proposed in 2015<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mahoney|first1=Bill|title=Senate backs the wood frog — barely|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2015/06/8570433/senate-backs-wood-frog-%E2%80%94-barely|accessdate=June 18, 2015|work=Capital New York|date=June 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923201016/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2015/06/8570433/senate-backs-wood-frog-%E2%80%94-barely|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|| ] <br />(state frog) || ''Hyla andersonii'' || ] || 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/amphibians/nc_pine_barrens_tree_frog.htm|title=North Carolina State Frog|accessdate=2017-09-24|work=North Carolina |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> || ] <br />(state frog) || ''Hyla andersonii'' || ] || 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/amphibians/nc_pine_barrens_tree_frog.htm|title=North Carolina State Frog|accessdate=September 24, 2017|work=North Carolina |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref>
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|| ] <br />(state salamander) || ''Ambystoma opacum'' || ] || 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/salamanders/nc_marbled_salamander.htm|title=North Carolina State Salamander|accessdate=2017-09-24|work=North Carolina |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> || ] <br />(state salamander) || ''Ambystoma opacum'' || ] || 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/salamanders/nc_marbled_salamander.htm|title=North Carolina State Salamander|accessdate=September 24, 2017|work=North Carolina |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref>
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|| ] <br />(state amphibian) || ''Ambystoma maculatum'' || ] || 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio/amphibian.aspx |title=State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=Profile Ohio |publisher=Ohio Secretary of State |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125338/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio/amphibian.aspx |archivedate=2014-04-13 |df= }}</ref> || ] <br />(state amphibian) || ''Ambystoma maculatum'' || ] || 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio/amphibian.aspx |title=State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=Profile Ohio |publisher=Ohio Secretary of State |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125338/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio/amphibian.aspx |archivedate=April 13, 2014 }}</ref>
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|| ] <br />(state frog) || ''Rana catesbeiana'' || ] || 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio/frog.aspx|title=State Frog - Bullfrog |accessdate=2017-09-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160601164617/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio/frog.aspx | archive-date=2016-06-01 |work=Profile Ohio |publisher=Ohio Secretary of State}}</ref> || ] <br />(state frog) || ''Rana catesbeiana'' || ] || 2010<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio/frog.aspx|title=State Frog - Bullfrog |accessdate=September 24, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160601164617/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio/frog.aspx | archive-date=June 1, 2016 |work=Profile Ohio |publisher=Ohio Secretary of State}}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Rana catesbeiana'' || ] ||1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Rana catesbeiana'' || ] ||1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|''Cryptobranchus alleganiensis'' |''Cryptobranchus alleganiensis''
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|2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2019/04/16/eastern-hellbender-salamander-become-pennsylvania-state-amphibian/3486291002/|title=It's official: The Eastern hellbender will become Pennsylvania's amphibian|last=Boeckel|first=Teresa|website=The York Daily Record|language=en|access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref><!-- |- |2019<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2019/04/16/eastern-hellbender-salamander-become-pennsylvania-state-amphibian/3486291002/|title=It's official: The Eastern hellbender will become Pennsylvania's amphibian|last=Boeckel|first=Teresa|website=The York Daily Record|language=en|access-date=April 16, 2019}}</ref><!-- |-
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| ] || ] || ''Ambystoma maculatum'' || ] || 1999<ref>{{cite web|last=State of South Carolina Code of Laws |title=Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 9, Section 1-1-699 |url=http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm |accessdate=2007-07-15 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630155619/https://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm |archivedate=2007-06-30 |df= }}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Ambystoma maculatum'' || ] || 1999<ref>{{cite web|last=State of South Carolina Code of Laws |title=Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 9, Section 1-1-699 |url=http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm |accessdate=July 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630155619/https://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t01c001.htm |archivedate=June 30, 2007 }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Gyrinophilus palleucus'' ||]||1995<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Gyrinophilus palleucus'' ||]||1995<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Bufo speciosus'' || ] || 2009<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20091204a&nrtype=all&nrspan=&nrsearch= |title=Students Lauded for Naming Official State Amphibian of Texas |publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |date=2009-12-04 |accessdate=2010-04-26 }}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Bufo speciosus'' || ] || 2009<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20091204a&nrtype=all&nrspan=&nrsearch= |title=Students Lauded for Naming Official State Amphibian of Texas |publisher=Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |date=December 4, 2009 |accessdate=April 26, 2010 }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Rana pipiens'' || ] ||1998<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm|title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=2013-01-05 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE}}</ref> | ] || ] || ''Rana pipiens'' || ] ||1998<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |title=Official State Amphibians |accessdate=January 5, 2013 |work=State Symbols |publisher=NETSTATE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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⚫ | ] || ] || ''Pseudacris regilla'' || ] || 2007<ref>{{cite web | last = State Symbols of Washington | title = State symbols | url = http://www.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ | accessdate = 2007-11-27 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071115204306/http://www.leg.wa.gov/Legislature/StateSymbols/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-11-15}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 13:39, 1 August 2024

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.

As of 2023, only 28 states and one territory have a state amphibian.

Table

State Common name Scientific name Photo Year
Alabama Red Hills salamander Phaeognathus hubrichti 2000
Arizona Arizona tree frog Hyla eximia 1986
California California red-legged frog Rana draytonii 2014
Colorado Western tiger salamander Ambystoma mavortium 2012
Georgia American green tree frog Hyla cinerea 2005
Idaho Idaho giant salamander Dicamptodon aterrimus 2015
Illinois Eastern tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum 2005
Iowa American bullfrog Rana catesbeiana Unofficial
Kansas Barred tiger salamander Ambystoma mavortium 2005
Louisiana American green tree frog Hyla cinerea 1993
Minnesota Northern leopard frog Rana pipiens Proposed in 1999
Missouri American bullfrog Rana catesbeiana 2005
New Hampshire Red-spotted newt Notophthalmus viridescens 1985
New Jersey Pine Barrens tree frog Dryophytes andersonii 2018
New Mexico New Mexico spadefoot toad Spea multiplicata 2003
New York Wood frog Lithobates sylvaticus Proposed in 2015
North Carolina Pine barrens tree frog
(state frog)		 Hyla andersonii 2013
Marbled salamander
(state salamander)		 Ambystoma opacum 2013
Ohio Spotted salamander
(state amphibian)		 Ambystoma maculatum 2010
American bullfrog
(state frog)		 Rana catesbeiana 2010
Oklahoma American bullfrog Rana catesbeiana 1997
Pennsylvania Eastern hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis 2019
South Carolina Spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum 1999
Tennessee Tennessee cave salamander Gyrinophilus palleucus 1995
Texas Texas toad Bufo speciosus 2009
Vermont Northern leopard frog Rana pipiens 1998
Virginia Red salamander Pseudotriton ruber 2018
Washington Pacific tree frog Pseudacris regilla 2007
West Virginia Red salamander Pseudotriton ruber 2015
Wyoming Blotched tiger salamander Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum 2019
Federal district
or territory		 Common name Scientific name Image Year
Puerto Rico Common coquí Eleutherodactylus coqui Unofficial

See also

References

  1. Official State Amphibians Archived May 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
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