List of freshwater aquarium amphibian species

There are a wide range of frogs, salamanders and caecilians that can be kept as pets in an aquarium. Many of these are not found in the pet trade. This is usually because they're either too big for most commercial aquariums (ex: giant salamanders), are endangered (ex: achoques), haven't entered the pet trade yet, or a mix of the three.

All of the animals on this list are fully aquatic, meaning they can live without access to land. However, many still need to breathe air, as they lack gills in their adult phase.

Frogs (Order Anura)

Pipidae GenusSpeciesCommon nameDistributionStatusImagePipaPipa arrabaliArrabal's Surinam toadPipa asperaAlbina Surinam toadPipa carvalhoiCarvalho's Surinam toadPipa myersiMyers' Surinam toadPipa parvaSabana Surinam toadPipa pipaSurinam toadPipa snethlageaeUtinga Surinam toadPseudhymenochirusPseudhymenochirus merliniMerlin's dwarf gray frogHymenochirusHymenochirus boettgeriZaire dwarf clawed frogHymenochirus boulengeriEastern dwarf clawed frogHymenochirus curtipesWestern dwarf clawed frogHymenochirus feaeGaboon dwarf clawed frogXenopusXenopus allofraseriFalse Fraser's clawed frogXenopus amietiVolcano clawed frogXenopus andreiAndre's clawed frogXenopus borealisMarsabit clawed frogXenopus boumbaensisMawa clawed frogXenopus calcaratusBiafran clawed frogXenopus cliviiEritrea clawed frogXenopus epitropicalisCameroon clawed frogXenopus eysooleBamiléké clawed frogXenopus fischbergiFischberg's clawed frogXenopus fraseriFraser's platannaXenopus gilliCape platannaXenopus itombwensisItombwe massif clawed frogXenopus kobeliKobel's clawed frogXenopus laevisAfrican clawed frogXenopus largeniLargen's clawed frogXenopus lenduensisLendu Plateau clawed frogXenopus longipesLake Oku clawed frogXenopus mellotropicalisCameroon clawed frogXenopus muelleriMüller's platannaXenopus parafraseriUpland clawed frogXenopus petersiiPeters' platannaXenopus poweriN/AXenopus pygmaeusBouchia clawed frogXenopus ruwenzoriensisUganda clawed frogXenopus tropicalisWestern clawed frogXenopus vestitusKivu clawed frogXenopus victorianusLake Victoria clawed frogXenopus witteiDe Witte's clawed frog

Telmatobiidae GenusSpeciesCommon nameDistributionStatusImageTelmatobiusTelmatobius culeusTiticaca water frogTelmatobius macrostomusLake Junin frogTelmatobius mayoloiN/A

Salamanders (Order Urodela)

Giant salamanders (Cryptobranchidae) GenusSpeciesCommon nameDistributionStatusImageAndriasAndrias japonicusJapanese giant salamanderAndrias davidianusChinese giant salamanderAndrias sligoiSouth China giant salamanderAndrias jiangxiensisJiangxi giant salamanderAndrias cheniQimen giant salamanderCryptobranchusCryptobranchus alleganiensisHellbender

Sirens (Sirenidae) GenusSpeciesCommon nameDistributionStatusImagePseudobranchusPseudobranchus striatusNorthern dwarf sirenPseudobranchus axanthusSouthern dwarf sirenSirenSiren reticulataReticulated sirenSiren nettingiWestern sirenSiren sphagnicolaSeepage sirenSiren lacertinaGreater sirenSiren intermediaLesser siren

Newts (Pleurodelinae) GenusSpeciesCommon nameDistributionStatusImagePleurodelesPleurodeles nebulosusAlgerian ribbed newtPleurodeles waltlIberian ribbed newtCalotriton asperPyrenean brook newtTriturus dobrogicusDanube crested newtEuproctus montanusCorsican brook newtEuproctus platycephalusSardinian brook newtPachytritonPachytriton airobranchiatusN/APachytriton archospotusN/APachytriton brevipesSpotted paddle-tail newtPachytriton changiN/APachytriton feiiN/APachytriton granulosusN/APachytriton inexpectatusN/APachytriton moiN/APachytriton wuguanfuiN/APachytriton xanthospilosN/ACynopsCynops cyanurusChuxiong fire-bellied newtCynops ensicaudaSword-tail newtCynops orientalisChinese fire belly newtCynops pyrrhogasterJapanese fire-bellied newtCynops wolterstorffiYunnan lake newtParamesotriton

Spotless stout newt - (Paramesotriton labiatus)

Tiger salamanders (Ambystomatidae) GenusSpeciesCommon nameDistributionStatusImageAmbystomaAmbystoma andersoniAnderson's salamanderAmbystoma dumeriliiAchoqueAmbystoma mexicanumAxolotlAmbystoma tayloriTaylor's salamander

Proteidae GenusSpeciesCommon nameDistributionStatusImageNecturusNecturus alabamensisAlabama waterdogNecturus beyeriWestern waterdogNecturus lewisiNeuse River waterdogNecturus louisianensisRed River mudpuppyNecturus maculosusCommon mudpuppyNecturus moleriApalachicola waterdogNecturus mountiEscambia waterdogNecturus punctatusDwarf waterdogProteusProteus anguinusOlm

Amphiumas (Amphiumidae) GenusSpeciesCommon nameDistributionStatusImageAmphiumaAmphiuma pholeterOne-toed amphiumaAmphiuma meansTwo-toed amphiumaAmphiuma tridactylumThree-toed amphiuma

Caecilians (Order Gymnophiona)

Aquatic caecilians (Typhlonectidae) GenusSpeciesCommon nameDistributionStatusImageAtretochoanaAtretochoana eiseltiEiselt's caecillianPotamotyphlusPotamotyphlus kaupiiKaup's caecilianTyphlonectesTyphlonectes compressicaudaCayenne caecillianTyphlonectes natansRubber eel

See also List of fish common names List of freshwater aquarium plant species List of freshwater aquarium fish species List of freshwater aquarium invertebrate species List of brackish aquarium fish species List of marine aquarium fish species List of marine aquarium invertebrate species

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