List of U.S. state amphibians

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

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State | Common name | Scientific name | Photo | Year

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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[citation needed]
Kansas | Barred tiger salamander | Ambystoma mavortium |  | 2005[9]
Louisiana | American green tree frog | Hyla cinerea |  | 1993[10]
Maine | Spring peeper | Pseudacris crucife |  |

2025[11]

Minnesota | Northern leopard frog | Rana pipiens |  | Proposed in 1999[12]
Missouri | American bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana |  | 2005[13]
New Hampshire | Red-spotted newt | Notophthalmus viridescens |  | 1985[14]
New Jersey | Pine Barrens tree frog | Dryophytes andersonii |  | 2018[15]
New Mexico | New Mexico spadefoot toad | Spea multiplicata |  | 2003[16]
New York | Wood frog | Lithobates sylvaticus |  | Proposed in 2015[17]
North Carolina | Pine barrens tree frog
(state frog) | Hyla andersonii |  | 2013[18]
Marbled salamander
(state salamander) | Ambystoma opacum |  | 2013[19]
Ohio | Spotted salamander
(state amphibian) | Ambystoma maculatum |  | 2010[20]
American bullfrog
(state frog) | Rana catesbeiana |  | 2010[21]
Oklahoma | American bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana |  | 1997[22]
Pennsylvania | Eastern hellbender | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis |  | 2019[23]
South Carolina | Spotted salamander | Ambystoma maculatum |  | 1999[24]
Tennessee | Tennessee cave salamander | Gyrinophilus palleucus |  | 1995[25]
Texas | Texas toad | Bufo speciosus |  | 2009[26]
Vermont | Northern leopard frog | Rana pipiens |  | 1998[27]
Virginia | Red salamander | Pseudotriton ruber |  | 2018[28]
Washington | Pacific tree frog | Pseudacris regilla |  | 2007[29]
West Virginia | Red salamander | Pseudotriton ruber |  | 2015[30]
Wyoming | Blotched tiger salamander | Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum |  | 2019[31]
Federal district
or territory | Common name | Scientific name | Image | Year

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Puerto Rico | Common coquí | Eleutherodactylus coqui |  | Unofficial

## See also

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* Lists of U.S. state insignia

## References

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2. ^ "Official Alabama State Amphibian". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. November 6, 2003. Retrieved March 18, 2007.
3. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
4. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
5. ^ "Colorado State Amphibian". Colorado. NETSTATE. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
6. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
7. ^ "Idaho Giant Salamander named state amphibian". Idaho State Journal. April 2, 2015. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
8. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
9. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
10. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
11. ^ "LD 72, HP 36, Text and Status, 132nd Legislature, First Special Session". www.mainelegislature.org. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
12. ^ "Minnesota State Symbols--Unofficial, Proposed, or Facetious". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
13. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
14. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
15. ^ "Bill A1895". New Jersey Legislature. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
16. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
17. ^ 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.
18. ^ "North Carolina State Frog". North Carolina. NETSTATE. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
19. ^ "North Carolina State Salamander". North Carolina. NETSTATE. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
20. ^ "State Amphibian - Spotted Salamander". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
21. ^ "State Frog - Bullfrog". Profile Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
22. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
23. ^ Boeckel, Teresa. "It's official: The Eastern hellbender will become Pennsylvania's amphibian". The York Daily Record. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
24. ^ 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.
25. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
26. ^ "Students Lauded for Naming Official State Amphibian of Texas" (Press release). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. December 4, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2010.
27. ^ "Official State Amphibians". State Symbols. NETSTATE. Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
28. ^ "Red salamander named official salamander of Virginia thanks to 4-H group". www.vtnews.vt.edu. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
29. ^ State Symbols of Washington. "State symbols". Archived from the original on November 15, 2007. Retrieved November 27, 2007.
30. ^ "Section Eleven: Departmental, Statistical & General Information" (PDF). West Virginia Blue Book. p. 1049.
31. ^ "SF0050 - State amphibian". State of Wyoming 66th Legislature. 2019.

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