Virginia Frogs



The following list of wildlife that is native to Virginia is provided by Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries List of Native and Naturalized Fauna of Virginia August, 2000.
When finding differant creatures in the wild or around the home it is easier to identify the found creature if you can narrow the search.
This list is for Virginia and most any creature found in Virginia will be listed here.

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Wildlife highlighted in red are endangered or threatened.

Wildlife highlighted in green are dangerous, and some very dangerous.Information on the dangerous wildlife may be found at Enature

AMPHIBIANS:
Definition: amphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water; aquatic larvae undergo metamorphosis into adult form

Order Anura (frogs and toads)
  Family Arthroleptidae (screeching frogs)
  Family Ascaphidae (tailed frogs)
  Family Brachycephalidae (gold frogs and shield toads)
  Family Bufonidae (true toads)
  Family Centrolenidae (glass frogs and leaf frogs)
  Family Dendrobatidae (poison-dart frogs)
  Family Discoglossidae (fire-bellied toads)
  Family Heleophrynidae (ghost frogs)
  Family Hemisotidae (shovel-nosed frogs)
  Family Hylidae (New World tree frogs)
  Family Hyperoliidae (African tree frogs)
  Family Leiopelmatidae (New Zealand frogs)
  Family Leptodactylidae (neotropical frogs)
  Family Megophryidae (South Asian frogs)
  Family Microhylidae (microhylid frogs)
  Family Myobatrachidae (Australian frogs)
  Family Pelobatidae (spadefoot toads)
  Family Pelodytidae (parsley frogs)
  Family Pipidae (tongueless frogs)
  Family Pseudidae (paradox frogs)
  Family Ranidae (riparian frogs and true frogs)
  Family Rhacophoridae (Old World tree frogs)
  Family Rhinodermatidae (Darwin's frogs)
  Family Rhinophrynidae (burrowing toad)
  Family Sooglossidae (Seychelle frogs)

Frogs
Definition: toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian -- (any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species)

Scientists have now described about 4740 species of frogs world-wide. Virginia has 26 species.

The one of the best sites to learn more on Amphibians is AmphibiaWeb

American toad Bufo americanus
Barking treefrog Hyla gratiosa
Brimley's chorus frog Pseudacris brimleyi
Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
Carpenter frog Rana virgatipes
Coastal Plain cricket frog Acris gryllus gryllus
Cope's gray treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis
Eastern cricket frog Acris crepitans crepitans
Eastern narrow-mouthed toad Gastrophryne carolinensis
Eastern spadefoot Scaphiopus holbrooki
Fowler's toad Bufo fowleri
Gray treefrog Hyla versicolor
Green frog Rana clamitans melanota
Green treefrog Hyla cinerea
Little grass frog Pseudacris ocularis
Mountain chorus frog Pseudacris brachyphona
New Jersey chorus frog Pseudacris feriarum kalmi There is no image available.
Northern spring peeper Pseudacris crucifer crucifer
Oak toad Bufo quercicus
Pickerel frog Rana palustris
Pine woods treefrog Hyla femoralis
Southern leopard frog Rana sphenocephala
Southern toad Bufo terrestris
Squirrel treefrog Hyla squirrela
Upland chorus frog Pseudacris feriarum feriarum
Wood frog Rana sylvatica



Other good sites for frogs.

AmphibiaWeb. A site inspired by global amphibian declines, is an online system that allows free access to information on amphibian biology and conservation.

FrogWeb: Amphibian Declines & Deformities. National Biological Information Infrastructure.

Froglog. Newsletter of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force of the World Conservation Union's Species Survival Commission.

FROGS.ORG. Website of the Amphibian Conservation Alliance.

Exploratorium: Frogs. An exhibition at the Exploratorium, the museum of science, art and human perception.

The Frog Files. Information on the frogs of Western Australia.

MidWest Frogs. Frog call video clips.

Frogs Home. University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.

A Thousand Friends of Frogs. Connecting children, parents, educators, and scientists to study and celebrate frogs and their habitats. Center for Global Environmental Education, Hamline University.

The Froggy Page.

Virtual frog dissections: Net Frog. Frog dissection and anatomy

Froguts. The first true virtual online frog dissection.

LBL ITG Whole Fro Project. Interactive frog dissection kit.



The Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Service (VAFWIS) has a mapping program that allows you to select an area in Virginia and it will provide a list of animals located there.Give it a try.