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Table of Species - Upper Mississippi Region

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Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative, Midwest Region

Upper Mississippi Species

Species of Amphibians in the Midwest Region

P = Present

R = Rare
T = Threatened
E = Endangered
SPC = Special Concern
PRO = Protected

X = Extirpated?

Order	Family	Genus species	Common name	MO	IA	IL	IN	OH	MN	WI	MI	SD	ND	NE	KS	KY	Rare	Protected	Special concern	Threatened	Endangered	Extirpated
Caudata	Sirenidae	Siren intermedia nettingi	western lesser siren	P		P	P				X					P						MI
Caudata	Amphiumidae	Amphiuma tridactylum	three-toed Amphiuma	P												E					KY
Caudata	Proteidae	Necturus maculosus louisianensis	Red River mudpuppy	P	T										P					IA
Caudata	Proteidae	Necturus maculosus maculosus	mudpuppy	P	E	P	SPC	P	P	P	P	SPC	P		P	P			SD, IN	IA
Caudata	Cryptobranchidae	Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis	eastern hellbender	P		E	E	E								SPC			KY		IL, IN, OH
Caudata	Cryptobranchidae	Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi	Ozark hellbender	P
Caudata	Salamandridae	Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis	central newt	P	E	P	P		P	P	P				T	P				KS	IA
Caudata	Salamandridae	Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens	red-spotted newt				P	P			P					P
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma annulatum	ringed salamander	P
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma barbouri	streamside salamander				P	P								P
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma jeffersonianum	Jefferson salamander			P	P	P			P					P
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma laterale	blue-spotted salamander		E	P	SPC	E	P	P	P								IN		IA, OH
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma maculatum	spotted salamander	P		P	P	P		P	P					P
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma opacum	marbled salamander	P		P	P	P			T					P				MI
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma platineum *	silvery salamander			E		P													IL
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma talpoideum	mole salamander	R		P										P	MO
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma texanum	smallmouth salamander	P	P	P	P	P			E			PRO	P	P		NE			MI
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma tigrinum tigrinum	eastern tiger salamander	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma tigrinum melanostictum	blotched tiger salamander									P	P	P
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma tigrinum diaboli	gray tiger salamander						P			P	P
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma tigrinum mavortium	barred tiger salamander									P		P	P
Caudata	Ambystomatidae	Ambystoma tremblayi *	Tremblay's salamander					P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Aneides aereus	green salamander				E	E								P					IN,OH
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Desmognathus conanti	spotted dusky salamander			E										P					IL
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Desmognathus fuscus	northern dusky salamander				P	P								P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Desmognathus monticola	seal Salamander													P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Desmognathus ochrophaeus	Allegheny mountain dusky salamander					P								P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Desmognathus welteri	black mountain salamander													P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Eurycea bislineata	nothern two-lined salamander					P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Eurycea cirrigera	southern two-lined salamander			P	P	P								P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Eurycea guttolineata	three-lined salamander													T				KY
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Eurycea longicauda longicauda	long-tail salamander	P		P	P	P								P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Eurycea longicauda melanopluera	dark-sided salamander	P		P									T					KS
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Eurycea lucifuga	cave salamander	P		P	P	E							E	P					KS, OH
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Eurycea multiplicata griseogaster	graybelly salamander	P											E						KS
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Eurycea tynerensis	Oklahoma salamander	P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Gyrinophilus porphyriticus duryi	Kentucky spring salamander					P								P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus	northern spring salamander					P								P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Hemidactylium scutatum	four-toed salamander	R		T	E	SPC	E	SPC	SPC					P	MO		WI, MI	IL	MN, IN
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Plethodon albagula	western slimy salamander	P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Plethodon cinereus	eastern redback salamander			P	P	P	P	P	P					SPC			KY
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Plethodon angusticlavis	Ozark salamander	P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Plethodon dorsalis	northern zig-zag salamander			P	P									P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Plethodon glutinosus	northern slimy salamander			P	P	P								P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Plethodon kentucki	Cumberland Plateau salamander													P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Plethodon mississippi	Mississippi slimy salamander													P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Plethodon richmondi	ravine salamander				P	P								P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Plethodon serratus	southern redback salamander	P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Plethodon wehrlei	Werhle's salamander					P								E					KY
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Pseudotriton montanus diasticus	midland mud salamander					P								P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Pseudotriton ruber ruber	northern red salamander				E	P								P					IN
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Pseudotriton ruber vioscai	southern red salamander													P
Caudata	Plethodontidae	Typhlotriton spelaeus	grotto salamander	P											E						KS
Anura	Pelobatidae	Scaphiopus holbrookii	eastern spadefoot	R		P	SPC	E								P	MO		IN		OH
Anura	Pelobatidae	Spea bombifrons	plains spadefoot	P	P							P	P		P
Anura	Microhylidae	Gastrophryne carolinensis	eastern narrowmouth toad	P		P									T	P				KS
Anura	Microhylidae	Gastrophryne olivacea	Great Plains narrowmouth toad	P										PRO	P			NE
Anura	Bufonide	Bufo americanus americanus	eastern American toad	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	PRO	P	P		NE
Anura	Bufonide	Bufo americanus charlesmithi	dwarf American toad	P		P	P								P	P
Anura	Bufonide	Bufo cognatus	Great Plains toad	P	P				P			P	P	P	P
Anura	Bufonide	Bufo debilis insidior	western green toad												T					KS
Anura	Bufonide	Bufo hemiophrys	Canadian toad						P			P	P
Anura	Bufonide	Bufo punctatus	red-spotted toad												SPC				KS
Anura	Bufonide	Bufo fowleri	Fowler's toad	P	P	P	P	P			P					P
Anura	Bufonide	Bufo woodhousii	Woodhouse's toad	P	P							P	P	P	P
Anura	Hylidae	Acris crepitans blanchardi	Blanchard's cricket frog	P	P	P	P	P	E	E	PRO	SPC		P	P	P		MI	SD		MN, WI
Anura	Hylidae	Hyla avivoca	bird-voiced treefrog			P										T				KY
Anura	Hylidae	Hyla chrysoscelis	Cope's gray treefrog	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	SPC	P	P	P	P			SD
Anura	Hylidae	Hyla cinerea	green treefrog	P		P										SPC			KY
Anura	Hylidae	Hyla gratiosa	barking treefrog													SPC			KY
Anura	Hylidae	Hyla versicolor	eastern gray treefrog	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	SPC	P	P	P	SPC			KY, SD
Anura	Hylidae	Pseudacris brachyphona	mountain chorus frog					P								P
Anura	Hylidae	Pseudacris clarkii	spotted chorus frog												P
Anura	Hylidae	Pseudacris crucifer crucifer	northern spring peeper	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P				T	P				KS
Anura	Hylidae	Pseudacris streckeri illinoensis	Illinois chorus frog	R		T											MO			IL
Anura	Hylidae	Pseudacris streckeri streckeri	Strecker's chorus frog												T					KS
Anura	Hylidae	Pseudacris feriarum feriarum	upland chorus frog	P		P	P									P
Anura	Hylidae	Pseudacris maculata	boreal chorus frog		P				P	P	SPC	P	P	P	P				MI
Anura	Hylidae	Pseudacris triseriata	western chorus frog	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
Anura	Ranidae	Rana areolata circulosa	northern crawfish frog	P	E	P	E								SPC	SPC			KS,KY		IA, IN
Anura	Ranidae	Rana blairi	plains leopard frog	P	P	P	SPC				P	SPC		P	P				IN,SD
Anura	Ranidae	Rana catesbeiana	American b ullfrog	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P
Anura	Ranidae	Rana clamitans clamitans	bronze frog	P		P										P
Anura	Ranidae	Rana clamitans melanota	green frog	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P				T	P				KS
Anura	Ranidae	Rana palustris	pickerel frog	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P				P	P
Anura	Ranidae	Rana pipiens	northern leopard frog	R	P	P	SPC	P	P	P	P	P	P	P		SPC	MO		KY, IN
Anura	Ranidae	Rana septentrionalis	mink frog						P	P	P
Anura	Ranidae	Rana sphenocephala utricularia	southern leopard frog	P	P	P	P								P	P
Anura	Ranidae	Rana sylvatica	wood frog	R		P	P	P	P	P	P	SPC	P			P	MO		SD

* = Triploid hybrids that have been named but�are not considered species (Petkanka 1998)

Scientific and standard names of all species were taken from Crother (2000).

Sources

Conant, R., and J. T.Collins. 1998. A field guide to reptiles and amphibians of eastern and central North America. Third edition, expanded. Houghton Miffin, New York. 616 pp.

Crother, B. I. editor. 2000. Scientific and standard english names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles (SSAR) Herpetological Circular 29. 82 pp.

Fischer, T. D., D. C. Backlund, K. F. Higgins, and D. E. Naugle. 1999. A field guide to South Dakota amphibians. South Dakota Agriculture Experimental Station (SDAES) Bulletin 733. South Dakota State University, Booking. 52 pp.

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. 2003. Species at risk. http://www.gpnc.org/threaten.htm

Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission. 2003. Endangered, threatened, and special concern list search. http://nrepcapps.ky.gov/ksnpc/etsquery.asp

Lannoo, M. J. 1998. Status and conservation of midwestern amphibians. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City. 507 pp.

Nebraska Game and Parks. 2004. Nongame and endangered species program. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission - Nongame Wildlife - List

Petranka, J.W. 1998. Salamanders of the United States and Canada. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.

Potts, G., J. T. Collins, and K. Shaw. 1999. A checklist of the vertebrate animals of kansas 2nd edition. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Lawrence. 50 pp.

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