Yukon

Most people think of gold when they think of the Yukon, not frogs, but the Yukon has 4 species of amphibians. The long winters and short summers preclude all but the spring breeders. Only the Wood Frog is widespread in the Yukon, even living north of the Arctic Circle.

• Frogs and Toads - Order Anura
• 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
  
  
• True Frogs - Family Ranidae
• Lithobates was formerly Rana
• Wood Frog -- Grenouille des Bois -- Lithobates sylvaticus
• Columbia Spotted Frog -- Grenouille Maculée de Columbia -- Rana luteiventris

Reptiles of the Yukon
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