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Local animals in this group:
frogs and toads
salamanders
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Amphibians
Amphibia
Kingdom Animalia (animal kingdom)
Phylum Chordata (chordates)
Class
Amphibia
(amphibians)
Order
Caudata
(salamanders)
Family
Ambystomatidae
(mole salamanders)
Species
Ambystoma laterale
(blue-spotted salamander)
Species
Ambystoma maculatum
(spotted salamander)
Species
Ambystoma opacum
(marbled salamander)
Species
Ambystoma texanum
(small-mouthed salamander)
Species
Ambystoma tigrinum
(tiger salamander)
Family
Plethodontidae
(lungless salamanders)
Species
Desmognathus fuscus
(dusky salamander)
Species
Hemidactylium scutatum
(four-toed salamander)
Species
Plethodon cinereus
(red-backed salamander)
Family
Proteidae
(mudpuppies and waterdogs)
Species
Necturus maculosus
(mudpuppy)
Family
Salamandridae
(newts and salamanders)
Species
Notophthalmus viridescens
(eastern newt)
Family
Sirenidae
(sirens)
Species
Siren intermedia
(lesser siren)
Order
Anura
(frogs and toads)
Family
Bufonidae
(toads)
Species
Bufo americanus
(American toad)
Species
Bufo fowleri
(Fowler's toad)
Family
Hylidae
(tree frogs)
Species
Acris crepitans
(northern cricket frog)
Species
Hyla versicolor
(eastern gray treefrog)
Species
Pseudacris crucifer
(spring peeper)
Species
Pseudacris triseriata
(western chorus frog)
Family
Ranidae
(true frogs)
Species
Rana catesbeiana
(North American bullfrog)
Species
Rana clamitans
(green frog)
Species
Rana palustris
(pickerel frog)
Species
Rana pipiens
(northern leopard frog)
Species
Rana septentrionalis
(mink frog)
Species
Rana sylvatica
(wood frog)