Québec
Québec has 21 species of amphibians. Only Ontario has more
native
species. Québec has 2 species of salamanders (the Mountain
Dusky
and the Spring Salamander) that are 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
Mudpuppies
Mudpuppy -- Necture Tacheté -- Necturus maculosus
Newts
Eastern Newt -- Triton Vert -- Notophthalmus viridescens
Mole Salamanders
Blue-spotted Salamander -- Salamandre à Points Bleus -- Ambystoma laterale
Spotted Salamander -- Salamandre Maculée -- Ambystoma aculatum
Lungless Salamanders
Four-toed Salamander -- Salamandre à Quatre Doigts -- Hemidactylium scutatum
Mountain Dusky Salamander -- Salamandre Sombre des Montagne -- Desmognathus ochrophaeus
Northern Dusky Salamander -- Salamandre Sombre -- Desmognathus fuscus
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
True Toads
American Toad -- Crapaud d'Amerique -- Bufo americanus
Treefrogs
Boreal Chorus Frog -- Rainette Faux-Grillon Boréale -- Pseudacris maculata
Gray (Tetraploid) Treefrog -- Rainette Versicolore -- Hyla versicolor
Spring Peeper -- Rainette Crucif re -- Pseudacris crucifer
Western Chorus Frog -- Rainette Faux-Grillon de l'Ouest -- Pseudacris triseriata
True Frogs
Bullfrog -- Ouaouaron -- Rana catesbeiana
Green Frog -- Grenouille Verte -- Rana clamitans
Mink Frog -- Grenouille du Nord -- Rana septentrionalis
Northern Leopard Frog -- Grenouille Léopard -- Rana pipiens
Pickerel Frog -- Grenouille des Marais -- Rana palustris
Wood Frog -- Grenouille des Bois -- Rana sylvatica
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