List of U.S. state amphibians

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.^[1]

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[2]
Arizona	Arizona tree frog	Hyla eximia		1986[3]
California	California red-legged frog	Rana draytonii		2014[4]
Colorado	Western tiger salamander	Ambystoma mavortium		2012[5]
Georgia	American green tree frog	Hyla cinerea		2005[6]
Idaho	Idaho giant salamander	Dicamptodon aterrimus		2015[7]
Illinois	Eastern tiger salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum		2005[8]
Iowa	American bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana		Unofficial[citation needed]
Kansas	Barred tiger salamander	Ambystoma mavortium		2005[9]
Louisiana	American green tree frog	Hyla cinerea		1993[10]
Maine	Spring peeper	Pseudacris crucifer		2025[11]
Minnesota	Northern leopard frog	Rana pipiens		Proposed in 1999[12]
Missouri	American bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana		2005[13]
New Hampshire	Red-spotted newt	Notophthalmus viridescens		1985[14]
New Jersey	Pine Barrens tree frog	Dryophytes andersonii		2018[15]
New Mexico	New Mexico spadefoot toad	Spea multiplicata		2003[16]
New York	Wood frog	Lithobates sylvaticus		Proposed in 2015[17]
North Carolina	Pine barrens tree frog (state frog)	Hyla andersonii		2013[18]
	Marbled salamander (state salamander)	Ambystoma opacum		2013[19]
Ohio	Spotted salamander (state amphibian)	Ambystoma maculatum		2010[20]
	American bullfrog (state frog)	Rana catesbeiana		2010[21]
Oklahoma	American bullfrog	Rana catesbeiana		1997[22]
Pennsylvania	Eastern hellbender	Cryptobranchus alleganiensis		2019[23]
South Carolina	Spotted salamander	Ambystoma maculatum		1999[24]
Tennessee	Tennessee cave salamander	Gyrinophilus palleucus		1995[25]
Texas	Texas toad	Bufo speciosus		2009[26]
Vermont	Northern leopard frog	Rana pipiens		1998[27]
Virginia	Red salamander	Pseudotriton ruber		2018[28]
Washington	Pacific tree frog	Pseudacris regilla		2007[29]
West Virginia	Red salamander	Pseudotriton ruber		2015[30]
Wyoming	Blotched tiger salamander	Ambystoma mavortium melanostictum		2019[31]

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