List of U.S. state amphibians
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This is a list of official U.S. state amphibians. State amphibians are designated by tradition or the respective state legislatures.[1]
| State | State amphibian | Binomial nomenclature |
Image | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Red Hills Salamander | Phaeognathus hubrichti |  |
2000[2] |
| Arizona | Arizona Tree Frog | Hyla eximia |  |
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| Georgia | American Green Tree Frog | Hyla cinerea |  |
2005 |
| Illinois | Eastern Tiger Salamander | Ambystoma tigrinum |  |
2005 |
| Iowa | North American Bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana |  |
|
| Kansas | Barred Tiger Salamander | Ambystoma mavortium |  |
|
| Louisiana | American Green Tree Frog | Hyla cinerea | |
|
| Minnesota | Northern Leopard Frog | Rana pipiens |  |
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| Missouri | North American Bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana | |
|
| New Hampshire | Red-spotted Newt | Notophthalmus viridescens |  |
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| New Mexico | New Mexico Spadefoot Toad | Spea multiplicata |  |
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| North Carolina | North American Bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana | |
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| Oklahoma | North American Bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana | |
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| Puerto Rico | Common Coquí | Eleutherodactylus coqui |  |
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| South Carolina | Spotted Salamander | Ambystoma maculatum |  |
1999[3] |
| Tennessee | Tennessee Cave Salamander | Gyrinophilus palleucus | ||
| Vermont | Northern Leopard Frog | Rana pipiens | |
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| Washington | Pacific Chorus Frog | Pseudacris regilla |  |
2007[4] |
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Official State Amphibians NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
- ^ Official Alabama State Amphibian. Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History (2003-11-06). Retrieved on 2007-03-18.
- ^ State of South Carolina Code of Laws. Title 1, Chapter 1, Article 9, Section 1-1-699. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ State Symbols of Washington. State symbols. Retrieved on 2007-11-27.
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