Québec

Québec has 21 species of amphibians. Only Ontario has more native species. Québec has 1 species of salamander (the Spring Salamander) that is found nowhere else in Canada. The 2 Dusky Salamanders and the Spring Salamander are only found south of the St. Lawrence. The greatest diversity of species is found in the southern portion of the province. While 9 species range as far north as James Bay, only 3, the American Toad and the Mink and Wood Frogs are found farther north. Most of the species found in Québec are also found in Ontario and New Brunswick.

• 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 laterale
• 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
• Spring Salamander -- Salamandre Pourpre -- Gyrinophilus porphyriticus
  
  
• Frogs and Toads - Order Anura
• True Toads - Family Bufonidae
• Anaxyrus was formerly Bufo
• American Toad -- Crapaud d'Amerique -- Anaxyrus americanus
  
  
• Treefrogs - Family Hylidae
• 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 Québec
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