The U.S. state of Alabama has 73 known indigenous amphibian species. These indigenous species include 30 frog and toad species and 43 salamander species. Two of these native species may have become extirpated within the state. They are the Mississippi gopher frog and flatwoods salamander.

Human predation, pollution, and habitat destruction has placed several amphibian species at risk of extirpation or extinction. The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources lists the conservation status of each species within the state with a rank of lowest, low, moderate, high, and highest concern.

Frogs and toads Image Scientific name Common name Family Conservationconcern Anaxyrus americanus American toad Bufonidae Lowest Anaxyrus fowleri Fowler's toad Bufonidae Lowest Anaxyrus quercicus oak toad Bufonidae Moderate Anaxyrus terrestris southern toad Bufonidae LowestIncilius nebuliferGulf Coast toadBufonidaeUnranked Acris crepitans northern cricket frog Hylidae Low Acris gryllus southern cricket frog Hylidae Lowest Dryophytes andersonii pine barrens treefrog Hylidae High Dryophytes avivocus bird-voiced treefrog Hylidae Lowest Dryophytes chrysoscelis Cope's gray treefrog Hylidae Lowest Dryophytes cinereus American green treefrog Hylidae Lowest Dryophytes femoralis pine woods treefrog Hylidae Lowest Dryophytes gratiosus barking treefrog Hylidae Low Dryophytes squirellus squirrel treefrog Hylidae Low Pseudacris brachyphona mountain chorus frog Hylidae LowestPseudacris collinsorumCollinses' mountain chorus frogHylidaeUnranked Pseudacris crucifer spring peeper Hylidae Lowest Pseudacris feriarum upland chorus frog Hylidae Lowest Pseudacris nigrita southern chorus frog Hylidae Lowest Pseudacris ocularis little grass frog Hylidae High Pseudacris ornata ornate chorus frog Hylidae ModerateOsteopilus septentrionalisCuban tree frogHylidaeExotic invasive throughout Florida, becoming more common in southern Alabama Eleutherodactylus planirostris greenhouse frog Eleutherodactylidae Exotic,Native to Cuba and the Caribbean. Gastrophryne carolinensis eastern narrowmouth toad Microhylidae Lowest Scaphiopus holbrookii eastern spadefoot Pelobatidae Low Lithobates capito gopher frog Ranidae Highest Lithonates catesbeiana American bullfrog Ranidae Lowest Lithobates clamitans ssp. bronze froggreen frog Ranidae Lowest Lithobates grylio pig frog Ranidae Lowest Lithobates sevosa Mississippi gopher frog Ranidae Possibly extirpated/U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as endangered Lithobates heckscheri river frog Ranidae Highest Lithobates palustris pickerel frog Ranidae Low Lithobates sphenocephala southern leopard frog Ranidae Lowest Lithobates sylvatica wood frog Ranidae Moderate

Salamanders Image Scientific name Common name Family ConservationconcernAmbystoma bishopireticulated flatwoods salamanderAmbystomatidaeHighest Ambystoma cingulatum flatwoods salamander Ambystomatidae Possibly extirpated/U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as threatened Ambystoma maculatum spotted salamander Ambystomatidae Low Ambystoma opacum marbled salamander Ambystomatidae Low Ambystoma talpoideum mole salamander Ambystomatidae Low Ambystoma texanum smallmouth salamander Ambystomatidae Moderate Ambystoma tigrinum eastern tiger salamander Ambystomatidae Moderate Amphiuma means two-toed amphiuma Amphiumidae Low Amphiuma pholeter one-toed amphiuma Amphiumidae High Amphiuma tridactylum three-toed amphiuma Amphiumidae Low Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis hellbender Cryptobranchidae Highest Aneides aeneus green salamander Plethodontidae High Desmognathus aeneus seepage salamander Plethodontidae High Desmognathus apalachicolae Apalachicola dusky salamander Plethodontidae Lowest Desmognathus auriculatus southern dusky salamander Plethodontidae HighestDesmognathus cheahaTalladega seal salamanderPlethodontidaeUnranked Desmognathus conanti spotted dusky salamander Plethodontidae Low Desmognathus monticola seal salamander Plethodontidae Low Desmognathus ocoee Ocoee salamander Plethodontidae ModerateEurycea aquaticabrownback salamanderPlethodontidaeModerateEurycea chamberlainiChamberlain's dwarf salamanderPlethodontidaeModerate Eurycea cirrigera southern two-lined salamander Plethodontidae Lowest Eurycea guttolineata three-lined salamander Plethodontidae LowestEurycea hillisiHillis's dwarf salamanderPlethodontidaeUnranked Eurycea longicauda long-tailed salamander Plethodontidae Lowest Eurycea lucifuga cave salamanderspotted-tail salamander Plethodontidae Lowest Eurycea quadridigitata dwarf salamander Plethodontidae ModerateEurycea sphagnicolabog dwarf salamanderPlethodontidaeUnranked Gyrinophilus palleucus Tennessee cave salamander Plethodontidae High Gyrinophilus porphyriticus ssp. spring salamander Plethodontidae Low Hemidactylium scutatum four-toed salamander Plethodontidae Low Phaeognathus hubrichti Red Hills salamander Plethodontidae High/U.S. Fish and Wildlife lists as threatened Official state amphibian Plethodon glutinosus northern slimy salamander Plethodontidae LowestPlethodon dorsalisnorthern zigzag salamanderPlethodontidaeUnranked Plethodon grobmani southeastern slimy salamander Plethodontidae Lowest Plethodon mississippi Mississippi slimy salamander Plethodontidae Lowest Plethodon serratus southern redback salamander Plethodontidae Moderate Plethodon ventralis southern zigzag salamander Plethodontidae Lowest Plethodon websteri Webster's salamander Plethodontidae Lowest Pseudotriton montanus flavissimus Gulf Coast mud salamander Plethodontidae Low Pseudotriton ruber ruber northern red salamander Plethodontidae Low Pseudotriton ruber vioscai southern red salamander Plethodontidae Moderate Necturus alabamensis Alabama waterdogBlack Warrior waterdog Proteidae High Necturus beyeri Gulf Coast waterdogspeckled waterdogBeyer's waterdog Proteidae Low Necturus maculosus common mudpuppy Proteidae LowNecturus mountiEscambia waterdogProteidaeUnrankedNecturus moleriApalachicola waterdogProteidaeUnranked Necturus species Loding's waterdog Proteidae Low/Taxonomy undescribed Known from lesser Gulf of Mexico drainages from Mobile Bay eastward. Notophthalmus viridescens ssp. eastern newt Salamandridae Lowest Siren intermedia lesser siren Sirenidae Lowest Siren lacertina greater siren Sirenidae ModerateSiren nettingiwestern lesser sirenSirenidaeUnranked Siren reticulata reticulated siren/leopard eel Sirenidae UndeterminedSpecies identified in 2018 Known from two locations in the southern pin plains and hills of the state.

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