List of U.S. state amphibians

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.[1]

As of 2023, only 28 states and one territory have a state amphibian.

Table
StateCommon nameScientific namePhotoYear
AlabamaRed Hills salamanderPhaeognathus hubrichti2000[2]
ArizonaArizona tree frogHyla eximia1986[3]
CaliforniaCalifornia red-legged frogRana draytonii2014[4]
ColoradoWestern tiger salamanderAmbystoma mavortium 2012[5]
GeorgiaAmerican green tree frogHyla cinerea2005[6]
IdahoIdaho giant salamanderDicamptodon aterrimus2015[7]
IllinoisEastern tiger salamanderAmbystoma tigrinum2005[8]
IowaAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeianaUnofficial
KansasBarred tiger salamanderAmbystoma mavortium2005[9]
LouisianaAmerican green tree frogHyla cinerea1993[10]
MinnesotaNorthern leopard frogRana pipiensProposed in 1999[11]
MissouriAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeiana2005[12]
New HampshireRed-spotted newtNotophthalmus viridescens1985[13]
New JerseyPine Barrens tree frogDryophytes andersonii2018[14]
New MexicoNew Mexico spadefoot toadSpea multiplicata2003[15]
New YorkWood frogLithobates sylvaticusProposed in 2015[16]
North Carolina Pine barrens tree frog
(state frog)		Hyla andersonii2013[17]
Marbled salamander
(state salamander)		Ambystoma opacum2013[18]
Ohio Spotted salamander
(state amphibian)		Ambystoma maculatum2010[19]
American bullfrog
(state frog)		Rana catesbeiana2010[20]
OklahomaAmerican bullfrogRana catesbeiana1997[21]
Pennsylvania Eastern hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis 2019[22]
South CarolinaSpotted salamanderAmbystoma maculatum1999[23]
TennesseeTennessee cave salamanderGyrinophilus palleucus1995[24]
TexasTexas toadBufo speciosus2009[25]
VermontNorthern leopard frogRana pipiens1998[26]
Virginia Red salamander Pseudotriton ruber 2018[27]
WashingtonPacific tree frogPseudacris regilla2007[28]
West VirginiaRed salamanderPseudotriton ruber2015[29]
WyomingBlotched tiger salamanderAmbystoma mavortium melanostictum2019[30]
Federal district
or territory		Common nameScientific nameImageYear
Puerto RicoCommon coquíEleutherodactylus coquiUnofficial

See also

References
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  27. "Red salamander named official salamander of Virginia thanks to 4-H group". www.vtnews.vt.edu. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
  28. State Symbols of Washington. "State symbols". Archived from the original on November 15, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
  29. "Section Eleven: Departmental, Statistical & General Information" (PDF). West Virginia Blue Book. p. 1049.
  30. "SF0050 - State amphibian". State of Wyoming 66th Legislature. 2019.
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