List of freshwater aquarium amphibian species

Axolotls in an aquarium

There are a wide range of frogs, salamanders and caecilians that can be kept a pets in an aquarium. Many of these are not found in the pet trade. This is usually because they're either too big for most commercial aquariums (ex: giant salamanders), endangered (ex: achoques), haven't entered the pet trade yet, or a mix of the three.

All animals on this list are fully aquatic, meaning they can live without access to land. However, many still need breath air, as they lack gills in their adult phase.

Frogs (Order Anura)

Pipidae

Genus	Species	Common Name	Distribution	Status [a]	Image
Pipa	Pipa arrabali	Arrabal's Surinam toad		LC  [1]
	Pipa aspera	Albina Surinam toad		LC  [2]
	Pipa carvalhoi	Carvalho's Surinam toad		LC  [3]
	Pipa myersi	Myers' Surinam toad		EN  [ citation needed ]
	Pipa parva	Sabana Surinam toad		LC  [4]
	Pipa pipa	Surinam toad		LC  [5]
	Pipa snethlageae	Utinga Surinam toad		LC  [6]
Pseudhymenochirus	Pseudhymenochirus merlini	Merlin's dwarf gray frog		LC  [ citation needed ]
Hymenochirus	Hymenochirus boettgeri	Zaire dwarf clawed frog		LC  [7]
	Hymenochirus boulengeri	Eastern dwarf clawed frog		DD  [8]
	Hymenochirus curtipes	Western dwarf clawed frog		LC  [9]
	Hymenochirus feae	Gaboon dwarf clawed frog		DD  [10]
Xenopus	Xenopus allofraseri	False Fraser's clawed frog		LC  [11]
	Xenopus amieti	Volcano clawed frog		VU  [12]
	Xenopus andrei	Andre's clawed frog		LC  [13]
	Xenopus borealis	Marsabit clawed frog		LC  [14]
	Xenopus boumbaensis	Mawa clawed frog		NT  [15]
	Xenopus calcaratus	Biafran clawed frog		DD  [16]
	Xenopus clivii	Eritrea clawed frog		LC  [17]
	Xenopus epitropicalis	Cameroon clawed frog		LC  [18]
	Xenopus eysoole	Bamiléké clawed frog		DD  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus fischbergi	Fischberg's clawed frog		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus fraseri	Fraser's platanna		DD  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus gilli	Cape platanna		EN  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus itombwensis	Itombwe massif clawed frog		EN  [19]
	Xenopus kobeli	Kobel's clawed frog		DD  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus laevis	African clawed frog		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus largeni	Largen's clawed frog		EN  [20]
	Xenopus lenduensis	Lendu Plateau clawed frog		CR  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus longipes	Lake Oku clawed frog		CR  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus mellotropicalis	Cameroon clawed frog		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus muelleri	Müller's platanna		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus parafraseri	Upland clawed frog		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus petersii	Peters' platanna		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus poweri	N/A		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus pygmaeus	Bouchia clawed frog		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus ruwenzoriensis	Uganda clawed frog		DD  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus tropicalis	Western clawed frog		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus vestitus	Kivu clawed frog		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus victorianus	Lake Victoria clawed frog		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Xenopus wittei	De Witte's clawed frog		LC  [ citation needed ]

Telmatobiidae

Genus	Species	Common Name	Distribution	Status [a]	Image
Telmatobius	Telmatobius culeus	Titicaca water frog		EN  [21]
	Telmatobius macrostomus	Lake Junin frog		EN  [22]
	Telmatobius mayoloi	N/A		EN  [23]

Salamanders (Order Urodela)

Giant salamanders (Cryptobranchidae)

Genus	Species	Common Name	Distribution	Status [a]	Image
Andrias	Andrias japonicus	Japanese giant salamander		VU  [24]
	Andrias davidianus	Chinese giant salamander		CR  [25]
	Andrias sligoi	South China giant salamander		CR  [26]
	Andrias jiangxiensis	Jiangxi giant salamander		NE
	Andrias cheni	Qimen giant salamander		NE
Cryptobranchus	Cryptobranchus alleganiensis	Hellbender		VU  [27]

Sirens (Sirenidae)

Genus	Species	Common Name	Distribution	Status [a]	Image
Pseudobranchus	Pseudobranchusstriatus	Northern dwarf siren		LC  [28]
	Pseudobranchusaxanthus	Southern dwarf siren		LC  [29]
Siren	Siren reticulata	Reticulated siren		VU  [30]
	Siren nettingi	Western siren		NE
	Siren sphagnicola	Seepage siren		NE
	Siren lacertina	Greater siren		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Siren intermedia	Lesser siren		LC  [31]

Newts (Pleurodelinae)

Genus	Species	Common Name	Distribution	Status [a]	Image
Pleurodeles	Pleurodeles nebulosus	Algerian ribbed newt
	Pleurodeles waltl	Iberian ribbed newt
	Calotriton asper	Pyrenean brook newt
	Triturus dobrogicus	Danube crested newt
	Euproctus montanus	Corsican brook newt
	Euproctus platycephalus	Sardinian brook newt
Pachytriton	Pachytriton airobranchiatus	N/A
	Pachytriton archospotus	N/A
	Pachytriton brevipes	Spotted paddle-tail newt
	Pachytriton changi	N/A
	Pachytriton feii	N/A
	Pachytriton granulosus	N/A
	Pachytriton inexpectatus	N/A
	Pachytriton moi	N/A
	Pachytriton wuguanfui	N/A
	Pachytriton xanthospilos	N/A
Cynops	Cynops cyanurus	Chuxiong fire-bellied newt
	Cynops ensicauda	Sword-tail newt
	Cynops orientalis	Chinese fire belly newt
	Cynops pyrrhogaster	Japanese fire-bellied newt
	Cynops wolterstorffi	Yunnan lake newt		EX  [32]
Paramesotriton

• Spotless stout newt - (Paramesotriton labiatus)

Tiger salamanders (Ambystomatidae)

Genus	Species	Common Name	Distribution	Status [a]	Image
Ambystoma	Ambystoma andersoni	Anderson's salamander		CR  [33]
	Ambystoma dumerilii	Achoque		CR  [34]
	Ambystoma mexicanum	Axolotl		CR  [ citation needed ]
	Ambystoma taylori	Taylor's salamander		CR  [35]

Proteidae

Genus	Species	Common Name	Distribution	Status [a]	Image
Necturus	Necturus alabamensis	Alabama waterdog		VU  [36]
	Necturus beyeri	Western waterdog		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Necturus lewisi	Neuse River waterdog		LC  [37]
	Necturus louisianensis	Red River mudpuppy		LC  [38]
	Necturus maculosus	Common mudpuppy		LC  [39]
	Necturus moleri	Apalachicola waterdog		LC  [40]
	Necturus mounti	Escambia waterdog		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Necturus punctatus	Dwarf waterdog		LC  [ citation needed ]
Proteus	Proteus anguinus	Olm		VU  [41]

Amphiumas (Amphiumidae)

Genus	Species	Common Name	Distribution	Status [a]	Image
Amphiuma	Amphiuma pholeter	One-toed amphiuma		LC  [42]
	Amphiuma means	Two-toed amphiuma		LC  [43]
	Amphiuma tridactylum	Three-toed amphiuma		LC  [44]

Caecilians (Order Gymnophiona)

Aquatic caecilians (Typhlonectidae)

Genus	Species	Common Name	Distribution	Status [a]	Image
Atretochoana	Atretochoana eiselti	Eiselt's caecillian		LC  [45]
Potamotyphlus	Potamotyphlus kaupii	Kaup's caecilian		NE
Typhlonectes	Typhlonectes compressicauda	Cayenne caecillian		LC  [ citation needed ]
	Typhlonectes natans	Rubber eel		LC  [46]

See also

• List of fish common names
• List of freshwater aquarium plant species
• List of freshwater aquarium fish species
• List of freshwater aquarium invertebrate species
• List of brackish aquarium fish species
• List of marine aquarium fish species
• List of marine aquarium invertebrate species

Footnotes

Notes

^  a:  Conservation status at a world level of the species according to the IUCN Red List: Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:

 EX  - Extinct,  EW  - Extinct in the wild

 CR  - Critically endangered,  EN  - Endangered,  VU  - Vulnerable

 NT  - Near threatened,  LC  - Least concern

 DD  - Data deficient,  NE  - Not evaluated

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