Appendix 3 Table 3-17 Amphibians
Chapter 3 North Carolina Species
Table 3-17 AMPHIBIANS
Count of Habitat Associations by Ecoregion
SGCN - Habitat Associations 2025 NC WAP Revision
Red Text = Update
Scientific Name
Common Name
Order
Family
X,N X,N X,N X,N X,N X,N X,N
X
X
VH
7 7
Hyla andersonii
Pine Barrens Treefrog
Anura
Hylidae
Lithobates [= Rana] heckscheri
River Frog
Anura
Ranidae
X
H
E
7
Plethodon teyahalee
Southern Appalachian Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
X
M
7
7 7
Pseudacris nigrita
Southern Chorus Frog
Anura
Hylidae
X
X
Plethodon ventralis
Southern Zigzag Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
X
X
M
SC
6
Plethodon wehrlei
Wehrle's Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
X
X
H
T
7
Plethodon welleri
Weller's Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
X
X
H
SC
5
Lithobates catesbeianus
American Bullfrog
Anura
Ranidae
21 15 1 1
X
20 13
Desmognathus monticola
Appalachian Seal salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
X
12 13 Plethodon chlorobryonis
Atlantic Coast Slimy Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
13 7
Desmognathus quadramaculatus
Black-Bellied Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
18
Desmognathus orestes
Blue Ridge Dusky Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
M
21
Eurycea wilderae
Blue Ridge Two-Lined Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
M
10 Pseudacris brimleyi
Brimley's Chorus Frog
Anura
Hylidae
X
X
18
Desmognathus carolinensis
Carolina Mountain Dusky Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
5 8
Lithobates virgatipes
Carpenter Frog
Anura
Ranidae
X
17 14 9 12 Hyla chrysoscelis
Cope's Gray Treefrog
Anura
Hylidae
X
X
X
M
4 5 8
Necturus punctatus
Dwarf Waterdog
Caudata
Proteidae
26 21 1 2
Anaxyrus americanus americanus Eastern American Toad
Anura
Bufonidae
X
Pseudotriton montanus montanus Eastern Mud Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
X
M
11 8 1 1
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad
Anura
Microhylidae
Notophthalmus viridescens
Eastern Newt
Caudata
Salamandridae
27 21 1 2
X
Plethodon cinereus
Eastern Red-Backed Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
X
8 6
1
Scaphiopus holbrookii
Eastern Spadefoot
Anura
Scaphiopodidae
X
18 3 2 9
26 21 1 2
Anaxyrus fowleri
Fowler's Toad
Anura
Bufonidae
X
Lithobates clamitans
Green Frog
Anura
Ranidae
21 15 1 1
X X
1
9 14 19 Hyla cinerea
Green Treefrog
Anura
Hylidae
Pseudacris ocularis
7 8
Little Grass Frog
Anura
Hylidae
M
X
X
7 6 0 1
Ambystoma opacum
Marbled Salamander
Caudata
Ambystomatidae
Pseudacris brachyphona
Mountain Chorus Frog
Anura
Hylidae
X
X
22
Acris crepitans
Northern Cricket Frog
Anura
Hylidae
20 14
Desmognathus fuscus
Northern Dusky Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
Plethodon montanus
Northern Gray-Cheeked Salamander Caudata
Plethodontidae
10
Pseudacris crucifer
Northern Spring Peeper
Anura
Hylidae
25 17
1
X
X
14
Eurycea bislineata
Northern Two-Lined Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
17
Desmognathus ocoee
Ocoee Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
Lithobates palustris
Pickerel Frog
Anura
Ranidae
28 19
Hyla femoralis
Pine Woods Treefrog
Anura
Hylidae
Pseudotriton ruber
Red Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
X
11 8
X
H
13
Desmognathus marmoratus
Shovel-Nosed Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
Acris gryllus
Southern Cricket Frog
Anura
Hylidae
Plethodon metcalfi
Southern Gray-Cheeked Salamander Caudata
Plethodontidae
10 6
15 16 21 Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius Southern Leopard Frog
Anura
Ranidae
X
X
1 18 23 Anaxyrus terrestris
Southern Toad
Anura
Bufonidae
22 15
Eurycea cirrigera
Southern Two-Lined Salamander
Caudata
Plethodontidae
X
X
8 6 4 5
Ambystoma maculatum
Spotted Salamander
Caudata
Ambystomatidae
See Excel file for detailed habitat associations
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