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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://www.webcitation.org/5x2wumYzf?url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |date=2011-03-09 }} ''NetState.com'', accessed April 21, 2006.</ref> 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=2011-05-14 }} ''NetState.com'', accessed April 21, 2006.</ref>


As of 2021, only 27 states and one territory have a state amphibian. As of 2021, only 27 states and one territory have a state amphibian.
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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 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5x2wumYzf?url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ] || ] || ''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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-05-14 |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 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5x2wumYzf?url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ] || ] || ''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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-05-14 |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=2013-01-05 |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 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5x2wumYzf?url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ] || ] || ''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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-05-14 |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=2015-04-02 |accessdate=2017-04-10 }}</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 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5x2wumYzf?url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ] || ] || ''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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-05-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| ] || ] || ''Rana catesbeiana'' || ] || Unofficial | ] || ] || ''Rana catesbeiana'' || ] || Unofficial
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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 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5x2wumYzf?url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ] || ] || ''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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-05-14 |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 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5x2wumYzf?url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ] || ] || ''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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-05-14 |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 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5x2wumYzf?url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ] || ] || ''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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-05-14 |url-status=dead }}</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=18 June 2015|work=Capital New York|date=17 June 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=23 September 2015|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|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=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</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=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>
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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 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5x2wumYzf?url=http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ] || ] || ''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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514160832/http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_amphibians.htm |archive-date=2011-05-14 |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=2009-12-04 |accessdate=2010-04-26 }}</ref>
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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 2021, only 27 states and one territory have a state amphibian.

Table

State State amphibian Binomial
nomenclature		 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 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		 Amphibian Binomial
nomenclature		 Image Year
Puerto Rico Common coquí Eleutherodactylus coqui Unofficial

See also

References

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  2. "Official Alabama State Amphibian". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2003-11-06. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
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  5. "Colorado State Amphibian". Colorado. NETSTATE. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
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  11. "Minnesota State Symbols--Unofficial, Proposed, or Facetious". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
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  15. Mahoney, Bill (17 June 2015). "Senate backs the wood frog — barely". Capital New York. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  16. "North Carolina State Frog". North Carolina. NETSTATE. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  17. "North Carolina State Salamander". North Carolina. NETSTATE. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  18. "State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  19. "State Frog - Bullfrog". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2017-09-24.
  20. "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  21. Boeckel, Teresa. "It's official: The Eastern hellbender will become Pennsylvania's amphibian". The York Daily Record. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  22. State of South Carolina Code of Laws. "Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 9, Section 1-1-699". Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
  23. "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  24. "Students Lauded for Naming Official State Amphibian of Texas" (Press release). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
  25. "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
  26. "Red salamander named official salamander of Virginia thanks to 4-H group". www.vtnews.vt.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  27. State Symbols of Washington. "State symbols". Archived from the original on 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2007-11-27.
  28. http://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2016/BlueBook/1043_WVS_BlueBook.pdf
  29. https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2019/SF0050

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