British Columbia

British Columbia has 22 species of amphibians -- 20 of which are native to the province. Both the Bullfrog and the Green Frog have been introduced to southwestern BC. There is a greater diversity of species in the southern half of the province, although 6 species are found as far north as the border with the Yukon and Northwest Territories. The Rocky Mountains naturally divide BC from the rest of Canada and because of this 13 species are found nowhere else in Canada.

• Salamanders - Order Caudata
• Newts - Family Salamandridae
• Roughskin Newt -- Triton Rugueux -- Taricha granulosa
  
  
• Mole Salamanders - Family Ambystomatidae
• Long-toed Salamander -- Salamandre à Longs Doigts -- Ambystoma macrodactylum
• Northwestern Salamander -- Salamandre Foncée -- Ambystoma gracile
• Ambystoma mavortium was formerly named Ambystoma tigrinum
  Blotched Tiger Salamander -- Salamandre Tigrée à éclaboussures --
• Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum
  
  
• Coastal Giant Salamander -- Grande Salamandre du Nord -- Dicamptodon tenebrosus
  
  
• Lungless Salamanders - Family Plethodontidae
• Wandering Salamander -- Salamandre Errant -- Aneides vagrans
• Coeur d'Alene Salamander -- Salamandre de Coeur d'Alene -- Plethodon idahoensis
• Ensatina -- Salamandre Variable -- Ensatina eschscholtzii
• Western Redback Salamander -- Salamandre à Dos Rayé -- Plethodon vehiculum
  
  
• Frogs and Toads - Order Anura
• Tailed Frogs - Family Leiopelmatidae
• Coastal Tailed Frog -- Grenouille-à-queue côtière-- Ascaphus truei
• Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog -- Grenouille-à-queue des Rocheuses -- Ascaphus montanus
  
  
• Spadefoots - Family Scaphiopodidae
• Great Basin Spadefoot -- Crapaud du Grand Bassin -- Spea intermontana
  
  
• True Toads - Family Bufonidae
• Anaxyrus was formerly Bufo
• Western Toad -- Crapaud de l'Ouest -- Anaxyrus boreas
  
  
• Treefrogs - Family Hylidae
• Boreal Chorus Frog -- Rainette Faux-Grillon Boréale -- Pseudacris maculata
• Pacific Treefrog -- Rainette du Pacifique -- Pseudacris regilla
  
  
• True Frogs - Family Ranidae
• Lithobates was formerly Rana
• Bullfrog -- Ouaouaron -- Lithobates catesbeianus
• Green Frog -- Grenouille Verte -- Lithobates clamitans
• Leopard Frog -- Grenouille Léopard -- Lithobates pipiens
• Wood Frog -- Grenouille des Bois -- Lithobates sylvaticus
• Red-legged Frog -- Grenouille à Pattes Rouges -- Rana aurora
• Columbia Spotted Frog -- Grenouille Maculée de Columbia -- Rana luteiventris
• Oregon Spotted Frog -- Grenouille Maculée de l'Orégon -- Rana pretiosa

Reptiles of British Columbia
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