Ontario

Ontario has 24 species of amphibians -- more than any other province. This is because Ontario extends farther south so it has species found nowhere else in Canada, such as the Smallmouth Salamander, found only on Pelee Island. Unlike most provinces, not all species are found in the southern portion of Ontario. For example, the Boreal Chorus Frog is only found in western Ontario. While 14 species can be found in the northern half of the province only 7 range as far as James or Hudson Bay. Most of the species found in Ontario are also found in Manitoba and Québec.

• Salamanders - Order Caudata
• Mudpuppies - Family Proteidae
• Mudpuppy -- Necture Tacheté -- Necturus maculosus
  
  
• Newts - Family Salamandridae
• Eastern Newt -- Triton Vert -- Notophthalmus viridescens
  
  
• Mole Salamanders - Family Ambystomatidae
• Blue-spotted Salamander -- Salamandre à Points Bleus -- Ambystoma aterale
• Jefferson Salamander -- Salamandre de Jefferson -- Ambystoma jeffersonianum
• Smallmouth Salamander -- Salamandre à Nez Court -- Ambystoma texanum
• Spotted Salamander -- Salamandre Maculée -- Ambystoma maculatum
  
  
• Lungless Salamanders - Family Plethodontidae
• Four-toed Salamander -- Salamandre à Quatre Doigts -- Hemidactylium scutatum
• Northern Dusky Salamander -- Salamandre Sombre du Nord -- Desmognathus fuscus
• Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander -- Salamandre Sombre des Montagnes --
• Desmognathus ochrophaeus
• Northern Two-lined Salamander -- Salamandre à Deux Lignes du Nord -- Eurycea bislineata
• Redback Salamander -- Salamandre Rayée -- Plethodon cinereus
  
  
• Frogs and Toads - Order Anura
• True Toads - Family Bufonidae
• Anaxyrus was formerly Bufo
• American Toad -- Crapaud d'Amerique -- Anaxyrus americanus
• Fowler's Toad -- Crapaud de Fowler -- Anaxyrus fowleri
  
  
• Treefrogs - Family Hylidae
• Blanchard's Cricket Frog -- Rainette Grillon de Blanchard -- Acris blanchardi,
• formerly Acris crepitans blanchardi
• Gray (Tetraploid) Treefrog -- Rainette Versicolore -- Hyla versicolor
• Spring Peeper -- Rainette Crucifère -- Pseudacris crucifer
• Boreal Chorus Frog -- Rainette Faux-Grillon Boréale -- Pseudacris maculata
• Western Chorus Frog -- Rainette Faux-Grillon de l'Ouest -- Pseudacris triseriata
  
  
• True Frogs - Family Ranidae
• Lithobates was formerly Rana
• Bullfrog -- Ouaouaron -- Lithobates catesbeianus
• Green Frog -- Grenouille Verte -- Lithobates clamitans
• Mink Frog -- Grenouille du Nord -- Lithobates septentrionalis
• Northern Leopard Frog -- Grenouille Léopard -- Lithobates pipiens
• Pickerel Frog -- Grenouille des Marais -- Lithobates palustris
• Wood Frog -- Grenouille des Bois -- Lithobates sylvaticus

Reptiles of Ontario
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