List of amphibians of Colorado

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Amphibians found in the U.S. State of Colorado include wild salamanders, frogs, and toads.

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Salamanders

ImageSpeciesCommon nameFamily
Ambystoma mavortium 2006.jpg Ambystoma mavortium Tiger salamander Ambystomatidae

Frogs

PhotoSpeciesCommon nameFamily
Acris crepitans blanchardi.jpg Acris blanchardi Blanchard's cricket frog Hylidae
Canyon treefrog (Dryophytes arenicolor).jpg Dryophytes arenicolor Canyon treefrog Hylidae
Pseudacris maculata.jpg Pseudacris maculata Boreal chorus frog Hylidae
Gastrophryne olivacea (2).jpg Gastrophryne olivacea Great Plains narrowmouth toad* Microhylidae
Plains Leopard Frog (Lithobates blairi).jpg Lithobates blairi Plains leopard frog Ranidae
Lithobates catesbeianus on the road - 1.jpg Lithobates catesbeianus Bullfrog Ranidae
Frog Lithobates pipiens RBG.jpg Lithobates pipiens Northern leopard frog Ranidae
Lithobates sylvaticus Stanton 1.jpg Lithobates sylvaticus Wood frog Ranidae

*Although it bears the common name "toad", Gastrophryne olivacea is taxonomically a frog.

Bullfrogs are an introduced and invasive species in Colorado.

Toads

ImageSpeciesCommon nameFamily
Boreal toad (Anaxyrus boreas) (7046220291).jpg Anaxyrus boreas Western toad Bufonidae
Great Plains toad (cropped).jpg Anaxyrus cognatus Great Plains toad Bufonidae
Bufo debilis - Flickr - aspidoscelis.jpg Anaxyrus debilis Chihuahuan green toad Bufonidae
Anaxyrus punctatus, Red-spotted Toad, Tamaulipas.jpg Anaxyrus punctatus Red-spotted toad Bufonidae
Rocky Mtn Toad.jpg Anaxyrus woodhousii Woodhouse's toad Bufonidae
Scaphiopus couchii.jpg Scaphiopus couchii Couch's spadefoot Scaphiopodidae
Spea bombifrons2.jpg Spea bombifrons Plains spadefoot Scaphiopodidae
Spadefoot pic.jpg Spea intermontana Great Basin spadefoot Scaphiopodidae
Nmspadefoot.jpg Spea multiplicata New Mexico spadefoot Scaphiopodidae

See also

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References

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