amphibians

Question 1

American Toad

Answer 1

common species of toad found throughout the eastern United States and Canada

Question 2

Blue-spotted Salamander

Answer 2

a mole salamander native to the Great Lakes states and northeastern United States, and parts of Ontario and Quebec in Canada

Question 3

Bullfrog

Answer 3

often simply known as the bullfrog in Canada and the United States, is an amphibious frog, a member of the family Ranidae, or “true frogs”

Question 4

Canadian Toad

Answer 4

species of toad that ranges from the prairie regions of central Canada south to parts of United States upper midwest. It belongs to the family Bufonidae, the “true” toads.

Question 5

Cope’s Gray Treefrog

Answer 5

a species of tree frog found in the United States. It is almost indistinguishable from the gray tree frog, Hyla versicolor, and shares much of its geographic range.

Question 6

Eastern Newt

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a common newt of eastern North America. They frequent small lakes, ponds, and streams or near-by wet forests.

Question 7

Eastern Red-Backed Salamander

Answer 7

The red-backed salamander is a small, hardy woodland salamander. It inhabits wooded slopes in eastern North America, west to Missouri, south to North Carolina, and north from southern Quebec and the Maritime Provinces in Canada to Minnesota

Question 8

Four-toed Salamander

Answer 8

is a lungless salamander native to eastern North America. It is a species of the monotypic genus Hemidactylium

Question 9

Gray Treefrog

Answer 9

pecies of small arboreal frog native to much of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada.

Question 10

Great Plains Toad

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a relatively large species of true toad. It ranges from southern Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan throughout the midwest United States and the inland western United States into northern Mexico

Question 11

Green Frog

Answer 11

species of frog native to the eastern half of the United States and Canada. The two subspecies are the bronze frog and the northern green frog.

Question 12

Mink Frog

Answer 12

small species of frog native to the United States and Canada. They are so named for their scent, which reportedly smells like a mink. The scent is more akin to that of rotting onions to those unfamiliar with mink

Question 13

Mudpuppy

Answer 13

species of salamander in the genus Necturus. They live an entirely aquatic lifestyle in the eastern part of North America in lakes, rivers, and ponds. They go through paedomorphosis and retain their external gills.

Question 14

Northern Cricket Frog

Answer 14

species of small hylid frog native to the United States and northeastern Mexico. Despite being members of the tree frog family, they are not arboreal. It has three recognized subspecies.

Question 15

Northern Leopard Frog

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species of leopard frog from the true frog family, native to parts of Canada and United States. It is the state amphibian of Minnesota and Vermont.

Question 16

Pickerel Frog

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a small North American frog, characterized by the appearance of seemingly “hand-drawn” squares on its dorsal surface

Question 17

Spotted Salamander

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yellow-spotted salamander is a mole salamander common in the eastern United States and Canada. The spotted salamander is the state amphibian of Ohio and South Carolina.

Question 18

Spring Peeper

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small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern USA and Canada. They are so called because of their chirping call that marks the beginning of spring.

Question 19

Tiger Salamander

Answer 19

eastern tiger salamander is a North American species of mole salamander.

Question 20

Western Chorus Frog

Answer 20

The western chorus frog, also known as striped chorus frog, or midland chorus frog is a species of frog found in Canada and the United States.

Question 21

Wood Frog

Answer 21

has a broad distribution over North America, extending from the southern Appalachians to the boreal forest with several notable disjunct populations including lowland eastern North Carolina.