List of U.S. state amphibians

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This is a list of official U.S. state amphibians. State amphibians are designated by tradition or the respective state legislatures.

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	File:D. aterrimus, the giant salamander.jpg	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
Ohio	Spotted salamander	Ambystoma maculatum		2010
Oklahoma	American bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana		1997
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
Washington	Pacific tree frog	Pseudacris regilla		2007

D.C. & U.S. Territories	Amphibian	Binomial nomenclature	Image	Year
Puerto Rico	Common coquí	Eleutherodactylus coqui		Unofficial

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

References

Official State Amphibians NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
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"Idaho Giant Salamander named state amphibian". Idaho State Journal. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
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"Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
"Minnesota State Symbols--Unofficial, Proposed, or Facetious". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
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"Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
Mahoney, Bill (17 June 2015). "Senate backs the wood frog — barely". Capital New York. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
"State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
"Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
State of South Carolina Code of Laws. "Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 9, Section 1-1-699". Retrieved 2007-07-15.
"Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
"Students Lauded for Naming Official State Amphibian of Texas" (Press release). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. 2009-12-04. Retrieved 2010-04-26.
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State Symbols of Washington. "State symbols". Archived from the original on 2007-11-15. Retrieved 2007-11-27.

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