This is a list of official U.S. state, federal district, and territory amphibians. State amphibians are designated by tradition or the respective state legislatures.Official State Amphibians NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
As of 2023, only 28 states and one territory have a state amphibian.
Table State Common name Scientific name Photo Year Alabama Red Hills salamander Phaeognathus hubrichti 2000 Arizona Arizona tree frog Hyla eximia 1986 California California red-legged frog Rana draytonii 2014 Colorado Western tiger salamander Ambystoma mavortium 2012 Georgia American green tree frog Hyla cinerea 2005 Idaho Idaho giant salamander Dicamptodon aterrimus 2015 Illinois Eastern tiger salamander Ambystoma tigrinum 2005 Iowa American bullfrog Rana catesbeiana Unofficial Kansas Barred tiger salamander Ambystoma mavortium 2005 Louisiana American green tree frog Hyla cinerea 1993 Maine Spring peeper Pseudacris crucifer 2025 Minnesota Northern leopard frog Rana pipiens Proposed in 1999 Missouri American bullfrog Rana catesbeiana 2005 New Hampshire Red-spotted newt Notophthalmus viridescens 1985 New Jersey Pine Barrens tree frog Dryophytes andersonii 2018 New Mexico New Mexico spadefoot toad Spea multiplicata 2003 New York Wood frog Lithobates sylvaticus Proposed in 2015 North Carolina Pine barrens tree frog (state frog) Hyla andersonii 2013 Marbled salamander (state salamander) Ambystoma opacum 2013 Ohio Spotted salamander (state amphibian) Ambystoma maculatum 2010 American bullfrog (state frog) Rana catesbeiana 2010 Oklahoma American bullfrog Rana catesbeiana 1997PennsylvaniaEastern hellbenderCryptobranchus alleganiensis2019 South Carolina Spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum 1999 Tennessee Tennessee cave salamander Gyrinophilus palleucus 1995 Texas Texas toad Bufo speciosus 2009 Vermont Northern leopard frog Rana pipiens 1998VirginiaRed salamanderPseudotriton ruber 2018 Washington Pacific tree frog Pseudacris regilla 2007 West Virginia Red salamander Pseudotriton ruber 2015 Wyoming Blotched tiger salamander Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum 2019
Federal district or territory Common name Scientific name Image Year Puerto Rico Common coquí Eleutherodactylus coqui Unofficial
See also Lists of U.S. state insignia
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