ANURANS (Frogs, Toads, Treefrogs…)

True Toads (Bufonidae) [Note that all True Toads in our area and many other species around the world

were, until recently, placed in the genus Bufo.]

Anaxyrus americanus americanus – Eastern American Toad Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi – Dwarf American Toad Anaxyrus cognatus – Great Plains Toad Anaxyrus debilis insidior – Chihuahuan Green Toad, Western Green Toad Anaxyrus fowleri – Fowler’s Toad Anaxyrus punctatus – Red-spotted Toad Anaxyrus woodhousii – Woodhouse's Toad (the ssp. in our area is A. w. woodhousii – Rocky Mountain Toad) Rhinella horribilis (recently split from R. marina) – Mesoamerican Cane Toad, Marine Toad, Giant Neotropical Toad

North American Spadefoot Toads (Scaphiopodidae)

Scaphiopus couchii – Couch’s Spadefoot Spea bombifrons – Plains Spadefoot Spea multiplicata stagnalis – Chihuahuan Desert Spadefoot, New Mexico Spadefoot

Narrow-mouthed Frogs/Toads (Microhylidae)

Gastrophryne carolinensis – Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad Gastrophryne olivacea – Western Narrow-mouthed Toad, Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad/Frog

Cricket, Chorus & Treefrogs (Hylidae)

Acris blanchardi – Blanchard's Cricket Frog Hyla chrysoscelis – Cope’s Gray Treefrog1

Hyla cinerea – Green Treefrog (Hyla versicolor – Gray Treefrog, Eastern/Common Gray Treefrog)1 No specimen in lab. Pseudacris clarkii – Spotted Chorus Frog Pseudacris crucifer – Spring Peeper Pseudacris fouquettei – Cajun Chorus Frog Looks exactly like Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata – Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris streckeri – Strecker's Chorus Frog

True Frogs (Ranidae) [Note that all True Frogs in our area and many other species around the world were

traditionally placed in the genus Rana. Recently, Rana was split into several genera, and the species in our area were renamed to genus Lithobates. Even more recently, problems have been found with Lithobates (see AmphibiaWeb) that support restoring these species to Rana, as done below]

Rana areolata circulosa – Northern Crawfish Frog Rana blairi – Plains Leopard Frog Rana catesbeiana – American Bullfrog Rana clamitans – Green Frog Rana palustris – Pickerel Frog Rana sphenocephala utricularia – Coastal Plains Leopard Frog, Southern Leopard Frog Rana sylvatica – Wood Frog 1Hyla versicolor and Hyla chrysoscelis cannot be distinguished from one another based on external morphology, and are

often collectively referred to as the Gray Treefrog Complex. Successful identification is based on their calls (which differ slightly) or their karyotypes (H. versicolor is tetraploid). Most members of this complex in Kansas (including those in Lyon county) are H. chrysoscelis, but H. versicolor is found in NE and SE Kansas.

25 {T} 1 {K,O,T,C}, -------- 4 {K,O,T,C} 14 {K,A,M}, 24 {K,O,A,M} – 15 {K,O,M,C}, 22 {K,M,A} --------- 23 {K,O,M,T} 8 {K,O,C,M}, 26 {O,T,C}, 27 {O,T,C} 5 {K,O,M,A,T}, 18 {K,O,M,A,T,C} Look the same

16 {K,O,M,A,T}, 3 {K,O,T} ------ 19 {K,O,M,C}, 29 {O,M,A,T} 7 {K,O,M,A,T}, 10 {K,O,M,A,T}, 11 {K,O,A,T} 20 {O,M,A,T} 2 {K,O,M,T,C}, 13 {K,O,M,A,T}, 6 {K,O,M,A,T} ----- 12 {K,O,M,A} 9 {K,O,M,A,T}, 17 {K,O,M,A,T,C} --- 21 {O,M,A}

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