Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories has only 4 species of amphibians. No salamanders occur this far north. Frogs in the NWT are largely limited to the Mackenzie River Basin area, including Great Bear and Great Slave Lakes. The long winters and short summers preclude all but the spring breeders. Only the Wood Frog is found north of the Arctic Circle.

• Frogs and Toads - Order Anura
• True Toads - Family Bufonidae
• Anaxyrus was formerly Bufo
• Canadian Toad -- Crapaud du Canada -- Anaxyrus hemiophrys
  
  
• Treefrogs - Family Hylidae
• Boreal Chorus Frog -- Rainette Faux-Grillon Boréale -- Pseudacris maculata
  
  
• True Frogs - Family Ranidae
• Lithobates was formerly Rana
• Northern Leopard Frog -- Grenouille Léopard -- Lithobates pipiens
• Wood Frog -- Grenouille des Bois -- Lithobates sylvaticus
  
  

Reptiles of the Northwest Territories
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