Michigan's Amphibians

Common Name Scientific Name Order: Salamanders Caudata Family: Mudpuppies and Waterdogs Proteidae Mudpuppy (special concern) Necturus maculosus maculosus Family: Sirens Sirenidae Western lesser siren (special concern) Siren intermedia nettingi Family: Mole Salamanders Ambystomatidae Blue-spotted salamander Ambystoma laterale Spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum Marbled salamander (threatened) Ambystoma opacum Small-mouthed salamander (endangered) Ambystoma texanum Eastern tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum Family: Newts Salamandridae Red-spotted newt Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens Central newt Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis Family: Lungless Salamanders Plethodontidae Red-backed salamander Plethodon cinereus Four-toed salamander Hemidactylium scutatum Northern two lined salamander (status unknow) Eurycea bislineata Northern dusky salamander (status unknown) Desmognathus fuscus

Order: Frogs and Toads Anura Family: True Toads Bufonidae Eastern American toad Bufo americanus americanus Fowler's toad (special concern) Bufo woodhousii fowleri Family: True Tree Frogs Hylidae Blanchard's cricket frog (threatened) Acris crepitans blanchardi Western chorus frog Pseudacris triseriata triseriata Boreal chorus frog (special concern) Pseudacris maculata [=P. triseriata maculata] Northern spring peeper Pseudacris crucifer crucifer Eastern gray treefrog Hyla versicolor Cope's gray treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis Family: True Frogs Ranidae Green frog Rana clamitans melanota Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana Northern leopard frog Rana pipiens Pickerel frog (special concern) Rana palustris Mink frog Rana septentrionalis Wood frog Rana sylvatica

Note: When applicable, the list includes established exotic species.