Amphibians of MN

Question 1

a common species of toad found throughout the eastern United States and Canada. It is divided into three subspecies—the eastern American toad, the dwarf American toad, and the rare Hudson Bay toad.

Answer 1

American Toad

Question 2

the second largest frog in Minnesota, second only to the bullfrog.

Answer 2

Green Frog

Question 3

a mole salamander native to the Great Lakes states and northeastern United States, and parts of Ontario and Quebec in Canada. Their range is known to extend to James Bay to the north, and southeastern Manitoba to the west.

Answer 3

Blue-spotted Salamander

Question 4

a small species of frog native to the United States and Canada. They are so named for their scent, which reportedly smells like a mink.

Answer 4

Mink Frog

Question 5

named for its deep call, which sounds like a bull roaring. Identification. General description: This is the largest North American frog.

Answer 5

Bullfrog

Question 6

a 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.

Answer 6

Mudpuppy

Question 7

a species of toad that ranges from the prairie regions of central Canada south to parts of the United States upper midwest.

Answer 7

Canadian Toad

Question 8

a 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.

Answer 8

Northern Cricket Frog

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Northern Leopard Frog

Question 10

a common newt of eastern North America. It frequents small lakes, ponds, and streams or near-by wet forests. The eastern newt produces tetrodotoxin which makes the species unpalatable to predatory fish and crayfish.

Answer 10

Eastern Newt

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Pickerel Frog

Question 12

a species of small, hardy woodland salamander in the family Plethodontidae. The species 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.

Answer 12

Eastern Red-Backed Salamander

Question 13

a mole salamander common in the eastern United States and Canada. The spotted salamander is the state amphibian of Ohio and South Carolina. This salamander ranges from Nova Scotia, to Lake Superior, to southern Georgia and Texas

Answer 13

Spotted Salamander

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Four-toed Salamander

Question 15

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

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Spring Peeper

Question 16

a species of small arboreal frog native to much of the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada

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Gray Treefrog

Question 17

a species of mole salamander and one of the largest terrestrial salamanders in North America

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Tiger Salamander

Question 18

a relatively large species of true toad native to central North America.

Answer 18

Great Plains Toad

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Western Chorus Frog

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Wood Frog