List of U.S. state amphibians
Appearance
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
State | Common name | Scientific name |
Photo | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Red Hills salamander | Phaeognathus hubrichti | ![]() |
2000[2] |
Arizona | Arizona tree frog |
Hyla eximia | ![]() |
1986[3] |
California | California red-legged frog | Rana draytonii | ![]() |
2014[4] |
Colorado | Western tiger salamander |
Ambystoma mavortium | ![]() |
2012[5] |
Georgia | American green tree frog | Hyla cinerea | 2005[6] | |
Idaho | Idaho giant salamander | Dicamptodon aterrimus | 2015[7] | |
Illinois | Eastern tiger salamander | Ambystoma tigrinum | ![]() |
2005[8] |
Iowa | American bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana | ![]() |
Unofficial |
Kansas | Barred tiger salamander |
Ambystoma mavortium | ![]() |
2005[9] |
Louisiana | American green tree frog | Hyla cinerea | 1993[10] | |
Minnesota | Northern leopard frog | Rana pipiens | ![]() |
Proposed in 1999[11] |
Missouri | American bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana | ![]() |
2005[12] |
New Hampshire | Red-spotted newt |
Notophthalmus viridescens | ![]() |
1985[13] |
New Jersey | Pine Barrens tree frog | Dryophytes andersonii | ![]() |
2018[14] |
New Mexico | New Mexico spadefoot toad | Spea multiplicata | ![]() |
2003[15] |
New York | Wood frog | Lithobates sylvaticus | ![]() |
Proposed in 2015[16] |
North Carolina | Pine barrens tree frog (state frog) |
Hyla andersonii | ![]() |
2013[17] |
Marbled salamander (state salamander) |
Ambystoma opacum | ![]() |
2013[18] | |
Ohio | Spotted salamander (state amphibian) |
Ambystoma maculatum | ![]() |
2010[19] |
American bullfrog (state frog) |
Rana catesbeiana | ![]() |
2010[20] | |
Oklahoma | American bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana | ![]() |
1997[21] |
Pennsylvania | Eastern hellbender | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis | ![]() |
2019[22] |
South Carolina | Spotted salamander | Ambystoma maculatum | ![]() |
1999[23] |
Tennessee | Tennessee cave salamander | Gyrinophilus palleucus | 1995[24] | |
Texas | Texas toad | Bufo speciosus | ![]() |
2009[25] |
Vermont | Northern leopard frog | Rana pipiens | ![]() |
1998[26] |
Virginia | Red salamander | Pseudotriton ruber | 2018[27] | |
Washington | Pacific tree frog | Pseudacris regilla | ![]() |
2007[28] |
West Virginia | Red salamander | Pseudotriton ruber | 2015[29] | |
Wyoming | Blotched tiger salamander | Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum | ![]() |
2019[30] |
Federal district or territory |
Common name | Scientific name | Image | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Puerto Rico | Common coquí | Eleutherodactylus coqui | ![]() |
Unofficial |
See also
- Lists of U.S. state insignia
References
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- ^ "Official Alabama State Amphibian". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. November 6, 2003. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
- ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
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- ^ "Colorado State Amphibian". Colorado. NETSTATE. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
- ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
- ^ "Idaho Giant Salamander named state amphibian". Idaho State Journal. April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
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- ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
- ^ "Minnesota State Symbols--Unofficial, Proposed, or Facetious". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
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- ^ "Bill A1895". New Jersey Legislature. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
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- ^ Mahoney, Bill (June 17, 2015). "Senate backs the wood frog — barely". Capital New York. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
- ^ "North Carolina State Frog". North Carolina. NETSTATE. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ^ "North Carolina State Salamander". North Carolina. NETSTATE. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ^ "State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
- ^ "State Frog - Bullfrog". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
- ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
- ^ Boeckel, Teresa. "It's official: The Eastern hellbender will become Pennsylvania's amphibian". The York Daily Record. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ State of South Carolina Code of Laws. "Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 9, Section 1-1-699". Archived from the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2007.
- ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
- ^ "Students Lauded for Naming Official State Amphibian of Texas" (Press release). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. December 4, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
- ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
- ^ "Red salamander named official salamander of Virginia thanks to 4-H group". www.vtnews.vt.edu. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
- ^ State Symbols of Washington. "State symbols". Archived from the original on November 15, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
- ^ "Section Eleven: Departmental, Statistical & General Information" (PDF). West Virginia Blue Book. p. 1049.
- ^ "SF0050 - State amphibian". State of Wyoming 66th Legislature. 2019.