Amphibians found in the U.S. State of Colorado include wild salamanders, frogs, and toads.
Family | Species | Common name |
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Ambystomatidae | Ambystoma tigrinum | Tiger salamander |
Family | Species | Common name |
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Hylidae | Acris crepitans | Northern cricket frog |
Hylidae | Hyla arenicolor | Canyon treefrog |
Hylidae | Pseudacris triseriata | Western chorus frog |
Hylidae | Pseudacris maculata | Boreal chorus frog |
Microhylidae | Gastrophryne olivacea | Great Plains narrowmouth toad* |
Ranidae | Rana blairi | Plains leopard frog |
Ranidae | Rana catesbeiana | Bullfrog† |
Ranidae | Rana pipiens | Northern leopard frog |
Ranidae | Rana sylvatica | Wood frog |
*Although it bears the common name "toad", Gastrophryne olivacea is taxonomically a frog.
†Bullfrogs are an introduced and invasive species in Colorado.
Family | Species | Common name |
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Bufonidae | Bufo boreas | Western toad |
Bufonidae | Bufo cognatus | Great Plains toad |
Bufonidae | Bufo debilis | Green toad |
Bufonidae | Bufo punctatus | Red-spotted toad |
Bufonidae | Bufo woodhousii | Woodhouse's toad |
Scaphiopodidae | Spea bombifrons | Plains spadefoot |
Scaphiopodidae | Spea intermontana | Great Basin spadefoot |
Scaphiopodidae | Spea multiplicata | New Mexico spadefoot |
Scaphiopodidae | Scaphiopus couchii | Couch's spadefoot |
The South Central Colorado Urban Area comprises the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area, the Pueblo Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the Cañon City Micropolitan Statistical Area in the central and south central region of the State of Colorado. With the exception of northern Teller County and small portions of northern El Paso County, the entire South Central Colorado Urban Area is drained by the Arkansas River and its tributaries. The South Central Colorado Urban Area is the southernmost of the three primary subregions of the Front Range Urban Corridor.
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