Alberta

Alberta has 10 species of amphibians. All species are found in the southern half of the province, but only 4 species (Canadian Toad, Boreal Chorus Frog, Leopard Frog and Wood Frog) are found in the extreme north. Situated between British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Alberta has some western species (such as the Long-toed Salamander and the Columbia Spotted Frog) as well as some prairie species (such as the Great Plains Toad and the Plains Spadefoot).

• Salamanders - Order Caudata
• Mole Salamanders - Family Ambystomatidae
• Long-toed Salamander -- Salamandre à Longs Doigts -- Ambystoma macrodactylum
• Ambystoma mavortium was formerly named Ambystoma tigrinum
  Blotched Tiger Salamander -- Salamandre Tigrée à éclaboussures --
• Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum
  
  
• Frogs and Toads - Order Anura
• Spadefoots - Family Scaphiopodidae
• Plains Spadefoot Toad -- Crapaud des Plaines -- Spea bombifrons
  
  
• True Toads - Family Bufonidae
• Anaxyrus was formerly Bufo
• Canadian Toad -- Crapaud du Canada -- Anaxyrus hemiophrys
• Great Plains Toad -- Crapaud des Steppes -- Anaxyrus cognatus
• Western Toad -- Crapaud de l'Ouest -- Anaxyrus boreas
  
  
• Treefrogs - Family Hylidae
• Boreal Chorus Frog -- Rainette Faux-Grillon Boréale -- Pseudacris maculata
  
  
• True Frogs - Family Ranidae
• Lithobates was formerly Rana
• Leopard Frog -- Grenouille Léopard -- Lithobates pipiens
• Wood Frog -- Grenouille des Bois -- Lithobates sylvaticus
• Columbia Spotted Frog -- Grenouille Maculée de Columbia -- Rana luteiventris

Reptiles of Alberta
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