List of amphibians in the Shenandoah National Park
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the amphibians that occur in the Shenandoah National Park
in the Blue Ridge Mountains
of western Virginia
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! colspan="4" style="background-color:#efe;font-size:120%;" | Mole Salamanders (Ambystomatidae)
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| Jefferson Salamander
> Ambystoma jeffersonianum
Uncommon
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| Spotted Salamander
Ambystoma maculatum
Uncommon
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| American Toad
Bufo americanus
Common
| Fowler's Toad Bufo fowleri
Rare
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| Northern Cricket Frog Acris crepitans
Uncommon
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| Gray Tree Frog Hyla versicolor
Uncommon
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| Spring Peeper
Pseudacris crucifer
Uncommon
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| Upland Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triseriata feriarum
Uncommon
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| Northern Dusky Salamander Desmognathus fuscus
Abundant
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| Seal Salamander
Desmognathus monticola
Common
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| Northern Two-lined Salamander
Eurycea bislineata
Abundant
| Three-lined Salamander
Eurycea longicauda guttolineata
Unknown
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| Longtail Salamander
Eurycea longicauda longicauda
Rare
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| Spring Salamander
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
Uncommon
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| Four-toed Salamander
Hemidactylium scutatum
Rare
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| Red Back Salamander
Plethodon cinereus
Abundant
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| White-spotted Slimy Salamander
Plethodon cylindraceus
Unknown
| Shenandoah Salamander
Plethodon shenandoah
Unknown (Endemic)
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| Bullfrog
Rana catesbeiana
Uncommon
| Green Frog
Rana clamitans
Common
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| Pickerel Frog
Rana palustris
Common
| Wood Frog
Rana sylvatica
Uncommon
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| Eastern Newt
Notophthalmus viridescens
Uncommon
Shenandoah National Park
Shenandoah National Park encompasses part of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U.S. state of Virginia. This national park is long and narrow, with the broad Shenandoah River and valley on the west side, and the rolling hills of the Virginia Piedmont on the east...
in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Blue Ridge Mountains
The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. This province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions, which divide near the Roanoke River gap. The mountain range is located in the eastern United States, starting at its southern-most...
of western Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
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- Abundant refers to species that may be seen daily in its suitable habitat and season, and counted in relatively large numbers.
- Common denotes species that may be seen daily in its suitable habitat and season, but not in large numbers.
- Uncommon means a species is likely to be seen only monthly in its appropriate season and habitat, though it may be locally common.
- Rare refers to a species that is only seen a few times each year.
- Unknown is used when abundance has not been assessed.
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! Common name !! Genus and Species !! Abundance !! Picture
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| Jefferson Salamander
Jefferson Salamander
The Jefferson salamander is a mole salamander native to the northeastern United States, southern and central Ontario, and southwestern Quebec. It was named after Jefferson College in Pennsylvania....
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| Spotted Salamander
Spotted Salamander
The Spotted Salamander or Yellow-spotted Salamander is a mole salamander common in the eastern United States and Canada. The Spotted Salamander is the State amphibian of South Carolina. It has recently been found that its embryos have algae living inside them in a mutualistic...
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| American Toad
American toad
The American Toad is a common species of toad found throughout the eastern United States and Canada. It is divided into three subspecies—the Eastern American Toad , the Dwarf American Toad , and the rare Hudson Bay Toad...
| Fowler's Toad
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| Northern Cricket Frog
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| Gray Tree Frog
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| Spring Peeper
Spring Peeper
The Spring Peeper is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern USA and Canada.-Subspecies:There are two subspecies of the Spring Peeper, the Northern and the Southern Spring Peeper . The Northern is similar to the Southern except for a strong dark marking on the Southern frog's belly...
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| Upland Chorus Frog
Upland Chorus Frog
Upland Chorus Frog is a species of chorus frog found in the United States. It was recently separated from the Western Chorus Frog, , being identified as an individual species rather than a subspecies....
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| Northern Dusky Salamander
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| Seal Salamander
Seal Salamander
The seal salamander is a species of lungless salamander native to the mid- and southeastern United States. Its habitat includes rocky mountain streams, spring-fed brooks in the ravines of deciduous forests, muddy sections of streams and seepages. In these areas they are typically found hiding...
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| Northern Two-lined Salamander
Northern Two-lined Salamander
The Northern two-lined salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is found in Canada and the United States....
| Three-lined Salamander
Three-lined Salamander
The Three-lined Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States....
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| Longtail Salamander
Longtail Salamander
Eurycea longicauda is a species of lungless salamander native to the Appalachian Region of the eastern United States. This is a "cave salamander" that frequents twilight zones of caves and also inhabits springs and surrounding forest. Body color varies from yellow to orange-red to red with random...
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| Spring Salamander
Spring Salamander
The Spring Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. The specific name is Latin from Greek, meaning the color of porphyry, a purple stone, and this salamander has also been called the purple salamander.It is found in Canada and the United States.Its natural habitats are...
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| Four-toed Salamander
Four-toed salamander
The Four-toed Salamander is a Lungless Salamander native to eastern North America. It is a monotypic species of the Hemidactylium genus....
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| Red Back Salamander
Red Back Salamander
The red back salamander is a small, hardy woodland salamander. It inhabits wooded slopes in Eastern North America; west to Missouri; south to North Carolina; and north from southern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada to Minnesota...
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| White-spotted Slimy Salamander
White-spotted Slimy Salamander
The White-spotted Slimy Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitat is temperate forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
| Shenandoah Salamander
Shenandoah Salamander
The Shenandoah Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States and the state of Virginia . It is only known from North facing talus slopes on three mountain tops inside the Shenandoah National Park...
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| Bullfrog
Bullfrog
The American bullfrog , often simply known as the bullfrog in Canada and the United States, is an aquatic frog, a member of the family Ranidae, or “true frogs”, native to much of North America. This is a frog of larger, permanent water bodies, swamps, ponds, and lakes, where it is usually found...
| Green Frog
Green frog
The Green Frog is a species of frog native to the eastern half of the United States and Canada. There are two subspecies—the Bronze Frog and the Northern Green Frog.-Description:...
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| Pickerel Frog
Pickerel Frog
The Pickerel Frog is a small North American frog, characterized by the appearance of seemingly "hand-drawn" squares on its dorsal surface.-Distinguishing features:...
| Wood Frog
Wood Frog
The Wood Frog has a broad distribution over North America, extending from the southern Appalachians to the boreal forest with several notable disjunct populations including lowland eastern North Carolina...
Salamandridae
Salamandridae is a family of salamanders consisting of true salamanders and newts. Currently, 74 species have been identified in the northern hemisphere - Europe, Asia, the northern tip of Africa and North America...
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| Eastern Newt
Eastern Newt
The Eastern Newt or Red-spotted Newt is a common salamander of eastern North America. Eastern newts dwell in wet forests with small lakes or ponds. They can coexist in an aquatic environment with fish, however, their skin secretes a poisonous substance when the newt is threatened or injured...