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Threatened and Endangered Amphibians of the US

Amphibians Protected by the Endangered Species Act

By Laura Klappenbach, About.com

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The following list is an adaptation of data published at the The US Fish & Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program Website. For the most current data, please refer to US Fish & Wildlife Service database.

Coqui, golden (Eleutherodactylus jasperi)
Frog, California red-legged (Rana aurora draytonii)
Frog, Chiricahua leopard (Rana chiricahuensis)
Frog, Mississippi gopher (Rana capito sevosa)
Frog, mountain yellow-legged (Rana muscosa)
Guajon (Eleutherodactylus cooki)
Salamander, Barton Springs (Eurycea sosorum)
Salamander, California tiger (Ambystoma californiense)
Salamander, Cheat Mountain (Plethodon nettingi)
Salamander, desert slender (Batrachoseps aridus)
Salamander, flatwoods (Ambystoma cingulatum)
Salamander, Red Hills (Phaeognathus hubrichti)
Salamander, San Marcos (Eurycea nana)
Salamander, Santa Cruz long-toed (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum)
Salamander, Shenandoah (Plethodon shenandoah)
Salamander, Sonora tiger (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi)
Salamander, Texas blind (Typhlomolge rathbuni)
Toad, arroyo (=arroyo southwestern) (Bufo californicus (=microscaphus))
Toad, Houston (Bufo houstonensis)
Toad, Puerto Rican crested (Peltophryne lemur)
Toad, Wyoming (Bufo baxteri (=hemiophrys))

Source

US Fish & Wildlife Service, 2005. 'Threatened and Endangered Amphibians' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed December 24, 2005.

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