Amphibians in Quebec are classified into two orders: Caudata — which includes salamanders and newts — and Anura — which includes toads and frogs. The first order comprises ten species classified in four families, and the second order also comprises ten species classified in three families.

Caudata PhotoNames(common / scientific)IUCN StatusNotesDistribution map Family ProteidaeCommon mudpuppyNecturus maculosusCommon and widespread in the Saint Lawrence River, Ottawa River, and Richelieu River. Often caught by ice fishing enthusiasts and commercial fishing operations. Family SalamandridaeEastern red-spotted newtNotophthalmus viridescensCommon and widespread in Quebec. Family AmbystomatidaeSpotted salamanderAmbystoma maculatumCommon and widespread in Quebec. This species can live up to 32 years.Blue-spotted salamanderAmbystoma lateraleCommon and widespread in Quebec. Family PlethodontidaeNorthern dusky salamanderDesmognathus fuscusThis species is likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable in Quebec.Allegheny Mountain dusky salamanderDesmognathus ochrophaeusThis species is designated as threatened in Quebec. COSEWIC considers the Appalachian population as critically endangered. The rarest salamander in the province, found only on the north slope of Covey Hill in Havelock, where it was first observed in 1988.Northern two-lined salamanderEurycea bislineataCommon and widespread in Quebec.Northern spring salamanderGyrinophilus porphyriticusThis species is designated as vulnerable in Quebec. COSEWIC considers this species threatened.Four-toed salamanderHemidactylium scutatumThis species is likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable in Quebec.Eastern red-backed salamanderPlethodon cinereusCommon and widespread in Quebec.

Anura PhotoNames(common / scientific)IUCN StatusNotesDistribution map Family BufonidaeAmerican toadAnaxyrus americanusCommon and widespread in Quebec. Family HylidaeGray treefrogDryophytes versicolorCommon and widespread in Quebec.Spring peeperPseudacris cruciferCommon and widespread in Quebec.Western chorus frogPseudacris triseriataFollowing a revision of the genus Pseudacris, the population of Western chorus frog in Quebec and eastern Ontario is now considered to belong to the species Boreal chorus frog. The Western chorus frog is no longer a species present in Quebec.Boreal chorus frogPseudacris maculataThis species is likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable in Quebec. Family RanidaeWood frogLithobates sylvaticusCommon and widespread in Quebec. The most northern amphibian in North America, the only one whose range extends beyond the Arctic Circle and reaches the Arctic Ocean.Northern leopard frogLithobates pipiensCommon and widespread in Quebec. Introduced to Anticosti Island in 1899. It is legal to hunt this species in Quebec.Pickerel frogLithobates palustrisThis species is likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable in Quebec.Green frogLithobates clamitansCommon and widespread in Quebec. Introduced to Anticosti Island, the Magdalen Islands, Newfoundland, and British Columbia. It is legal to hunt this species in Quebec.Mink frogLithobates septentrionalisCommon and widespread in Quebec. Introduced to Anticosti Island.American bullfrogLithobates catesbeianusCommon and widespread in Quebec. It is legal to hunt this species in Quebec.

See also

List of birds of Quebec List of trees of Quebec

External links Atlas of amphibians and reptiles of Quebec

References

This article was translated from Liste des amphibiens au Québec.