List of amphibians of Minnesota facts for kids

List of Minnesota amphibians lists all of the salamanders, frogs, and toads found in Minnesota.

Salamanders

There are eight species of salamanders in Minnesota.

Common name	Scientific name	Status	Distribution	Size	Picture
Spotted salamander	Ambystoma maculatum	Least concern
Blue-spotted salamander	Ambystoma laterale	Least concern
Western tiger salamander	Ambystoma mavortium	Least concern
Eastern tiger salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum	Least concern
Four-toed salamander	Hemidactylium scutatum	Special concern
Common mudpuppy	Necturus maculosus	Least concern
Central newt	Notophthalmus viridescens	Least concern
Red-backed salamander	Plethodon cinereus	Least concern

Frogs

There are eleven species of frogs in Minnesota.

Common name	Scientific name	Status	Distribution	Size	Picture
Blanchard's cricket frog	Acris blanchardi	Least concern, endangered in Minnesota
Cope's gray treefrog	Hyla chrysoscelis	Least concern
Gray treefrog	Hyla versicolor	Least concern
Spring peeper	Pseudacris crucifer	Least concern
Boreal chorus frog	Pseudacris maculata	Least concern
Bullfrog	Lithobates catesbeianus	Least concern
Green frog	Lithobates clamitans	Least concern
Pickerel frog	Lithobates palustris	Least concern
Northern leopard frog	Lithobates pipiens	Least concern
Mink frog	Lithobates septentrionalis	Least concern
Wood frog	Lithobates sylvaticus	Least concern

Toads

There are three species of toads in Minnesota.

Common name	Scientific name	Status	Distribution	Size	Picture
American toad	Anaxyrus americanus	Least concern
Great Plains toad	Anaxyrus cognatus	Least concern	Southern Canada, in the province of Alberta, throughout the western United States, and into northern Mexico.
Canadian toad	Anaxyrus hemiophrys	Least concern