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Amphibian Species
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Click common name for photo (if underlined)
Salamanders |
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | Upper | Middle | Lower | |
| Greater Siren | Siren leacertina | U | U | U | |
| Red-Spotted Newt | Notopthalmus viridescens | U | U | U | |
| Spotted Salamander | Ambystoma maculatum | C | P | P | |
| Marbled Salamander | Ambystoma opacum | U | U | U | |
| Northern Dusky Salamander | Desmognathus fuscus | C | C | C | |
| Northern Two-Lined Salamander | Eurycea bislineata | C | C | E | |
| Longtail Salamander | Eurycea longicauda | U | U | U | |
| Four-Toed Salamander | Hemidactylium scutatum | U | U | U | |
| Redback Salamander | Plethodon cinereus | C | U | U | |
| Slimy Salamander | Plethodon glutinosus | C | P | P | |
| Eastern Mud Salamander | Pseudotriton ruber | U | U | U | |
| Northern Red Salamander | Psuedotriton ruber | U | U | U | |
Frogs and Toads |
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| Eastern Spadefoot Toad | Scaphiopus holbrookii | U | U | U | |
| Eastern American Toad | Bufo americanus | C | C | C | |
| Fowler's Toad | Bufo woodhousii | P | P | P | |
| Northern Cricket Frog | Acris crepitans | U | U | U | |
| Green Tree Frog | Hyla cinera | U | U | U | |
| Northern Spring Peeper | Pseudacris crucifer | C | U | P | |
| Gray Treefrog | Hyla versicolor | C | U | P | |
| Striped Chorus Frog | Pseudacris triseriata | U | U | U | |
| Bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana | C | E | E | |
| Green Frog | Rana clamitans | C | E | E | |
| Pickerel Frog | Rana palustris | C | E | E | |
| Southern Leopard Frog | Rana sphenocephala | U | U | P | |
| Wood Frog | Rana sylvatica | C | U | P | |
| This list, updated with FrogWatch results from 2005, was compiled by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in 1998 with reference to Herbert S. Harris, Jr., "Distributional Survey (Amphibia/Reptilia): Maryland and the District of Columbia," in Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society, vol. 11, no. 3 (30 Sept. 1975); and on Athanas, C. & Assoc., Inc, 1998; Buchart-Horn, Inc., 1989; Fowler, A., 1945; Galli, J., 1998; Harris, H.S., 1969; Hill, J. & G.B. Mackieman, 1989; Univ. of MD College Park, 1993. |
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