Order Urodela Salamanders and Newts

CHECKLIST OF IDAHO AMPHIBIANS1

(Version January 2004)

Status/Comments2

Order Urodela Salamanders and Newts

Family Ambystomatidae Mole Salamanders

Ambystoma tigrinumTiger Salamander

Ambystoma macrodactylumLong-toed Salamander

Family Dicamptodontidae Pacific Mole Salamanders

Dicamptodon aterrimusIdaho Giant Salamanderendemic to Idaho

Family Plethodontidae Lungless Salamanders

Plethodon idahoensisCoeur d'Alene SalamanderG4 S3, SC, FSR1 S, BLM Type 3,

endemic to northern Rockies

Family SalamandridaeNewts

Taricha granulosaRoughskinned Newtprobably introduced

Order AnuraFrogs and Toads

Family AscaphidaeTailed Frogs

Ascaphus montanus3Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog

Family BufonidaeTrue Toads

Bufo boreasWestern ToadG? S?, SC, FSR1 S, BLM Type 2 (se Idaho) and
Types3 (elsewhere in Idaho), declines in se Idaho

Bufo woodhousiiWoodhouse's ToadG5 S3?, U, BLM Type 3

Family HylidaeTrue Tree Frogs

Pseudacris regilla Pacific Treefrog (=Hyla regilla)

Pseudacris maculataBoreal Chorus Frog

Family PelobatidaeArchaic Toads

Spea intermontanaGreat Basin Spadefoot(=Scaphiopus intermontanus)

Family RanidaeTrue Frogs

Rana catesbeianaAmerican BullfrogIntroduced, game species

Rana pipiensNorthern Leopard FrogG5 S3, ID SC, FSR1 S, BLM Type 2,
declines in Idaho

Rana luteiventrisColumbia Spotted FrogG4Q S2S3, SC, USFWS C (FSR4 S,

BLM Type 1, (Great Basin population - sw Idaho)

Rana sylvaticaWood Frog

1 Names are generally consistent with Crother, B.I. 2000. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regardibg Confidence in Our Understanding. SSAR Herpetological Circular No. 29. Pp. iv + 1-82. and Crother, B.I. et al. 2003. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico: Update Herpetological Review, 2003, 34(3), 196–203. Family names follow Pough et al. 2001.

2 NG# = Global Rank and S# = State Rank in Natural Heritage Program / Conservation data Center systems; SC = State Species of Special Concern; U = state unprotected nongame species; C = USFWS Candidate for Threatened and Endangered Species status; FSR# = Forest Service Region 1 or 4; BLM = Bureau of Land Management Type #; See for status definitions.

3 Nielson, M., K. Lohman, and J. Sullivan. 2001. Phylogeography of the Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei): Implications for the biogeography of the Pacific Northwest. Evolution, 55(1):147-160. Inland populations of Ascaphus truei were renamed Ascaphus montanus.

Prepared by C.R. Peterson, Herpetology Laboratory, Idaho State University & The Idaho Museum of Natural History

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