Anura and Caudata ID for TX

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Blanchard’s Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi)

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Green Tree Frog (Dryophytes cinereus)

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Squirrel Tree Frog (Dryophytes squirellus)

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Gray Tree Frog (Dryophytes versicolor)

What is the difference between the Cope’s Gray Tree Frog and the Gray Tree Frog?

Cope’s Gray Tree Frog is a diploid, whereas Gray Tree Frog is a tetraploid species

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Spotted Chorus Frog (Pseudacris clarkii)

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Strecker’s Chorus Frog (Pseudacris streckeri)

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Cajun Chorus Frog (Pseudacris fouquetti)

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Spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) (X seen dorsally)

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Rio Grande Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus campi)

Pointed snout

Brown line from snout to eye

Ventral skin is translucent

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Crawfish frog (Lithobates areolatus)

Brown circles with white/gold in between

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Southern Leopard Frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus)

Can be brown and/or green

Light color dorsal folds

Unbroken dorsolateral folds

White line varies

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Plains Leopard Frog (Lithobates blairi)

Typically brown

Broken dorsolateral fold

Prominent lip stripe all the way to nostril

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Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Lithobates berlandieri)

Light color dorsal folds

Broken dorsolateral fold

NO prominent white ridge near mouth

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Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris)

Dorsal lateral fold extends entire body

2 rows of spots between dorsal folds

Spots tend to be more rectangular in shape

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American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus)

Inhibits large water bodies

Top green lip, bottom lip white or yellow

Dorsolateral folds enclose tympanum

Tiny teeth

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Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans)

Dorsolateral ridge goes down the side of back

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Chiahuahuan Green Toad (Anaxyrus debilis)

Green dorsal coloration: the only green toad (obvious)

Toes partially webbed

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Red-spotted Toad (Anaxyrus punctatus)

Circular parotoid

Cranial crest absent

Red spots on dorsum

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Texas Toad (Anaxyrus speciosus)

Cranial crest absent

Supraorbital crests parallel, not united

Paratoid glands elongate: two more three times longer than wide

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Great Plains Toad (Anaxyrus cognatus)

Rounded snout

Prominent round paratoid glands

Cranial crest together and form a V shape between eyes

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American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus)

Large parotoid; glands close together anteriorly

Cranial crests prominent

Femoral warts small; large tibial warts

Large warts on dorsal sidex

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Fowler’s Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)

Dark spots present on chest (sometimes belly)

Parotoid glands closest at midpoint

Prominent cranial crest

Multiple small warts on dorsal side

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Woodhouse’s Toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii)

White line down spine

Single dark spot on chest, may be absent, or a few dark spots may be on male throats

Parotoid glands elongate; closest at midpoint

Prominent cranial crests

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Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer)

Parotoid gland is tear-shaped

Prominent, V-shaped cranial crest between eyes

More stripes laterally

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Couch’s Spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii)

Family: Scaphiopodidae

Spade on hind foot - fossorial

Sickle-shaped spade

Vertical pupils

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Hurter’s Spadefoot (Scaphiopus hurterii)

Spade on foot (fossorial)

Body wider posterioly than anteriorly (3mm total length)

Lightlines or hour glass on back

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Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis)

Family: Microhylidae

No tympanum

Darkly mottled belly

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Western Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea)

No tympanum

lighter in color

random dark spots

Cream/white belly

What is the name of this salamander?

Ambystomatidae

Ambystoma texanum

14 costal grooves

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Mole Salamander (Ambystoma talpoideum)

10 costal grooves

Broader, flatter, fatter, head (wider than neck)

Short and stout body

Shorter tail

Aquatic larvae, terrestrial adult, (CAN be paedomorphic tho)

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Barred/Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)

Pale spots/blotches on body (15-58. avg of 30)

More speckled than tiger like

Aquatic larvae, terrestrial adult

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Western Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma mavortium)

Pale blotches on body (like a tiger)

Aquatic larvae, terrestrial adult

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Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)

Yellow-orange round spots arranged in two rows, dorsally

Aquatic larvae, terrestrial adult

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Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)

Defined patterns of metallic white on body

Aquatic larvae, terrestrial adult

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Western Dwarf Salamander (Eurycea paludicola)

Family: Plethodonoitdae (lungless salamanders)

Typically orange-brown

Small, slender

Only 4 toes on all

Nasolabial groove extends beyond mouth

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Western Slimy Salamander (Plethodon albagula)

Mostly solid black with light flecks (ventral)

Eyes protrude out

No larval stage

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Texas Blind Salamander (Eurycea rathbuni)

One of many species in one of the Edward aquifers in San Marcos, Texas.

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Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)

Family: Salamandridae

Orange with black boarded spots on back

Horizontal pupil

Toxic secretions (not toxic to humans)

Eft stage

Can be paedomorphic

More aquatic as adults

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Three-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum)

Family: Amphiumidae

Front limbs + hind limbs 3 toes

Eel body shape

Fully aquatic

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Western Lesser Siren (Siren nettingi)

Family: Sirenidae

4 toes

Gray with speckles

Belly is lighter

Fully aquatic

Paedomorphic

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Gulf Coast Water Dog (Necturus beyeri)

Family: Proteidae

Fully aquatic

Paedomorphic

Four limbs

15-22cm