Michigan Amphibians Flashcards
Order: Anura; Family: Hylidae
Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
X back
Dark eye line
Order: Anura; Family: Hylidae
Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)
White line upper lip
Dark eye line
Order: Anura; Family: Hylidae
Gray tree Frog (Hyla versicolor)
Warty skin
Order: Anura; Family: Hylidae
Cope’s Gray Tree Frog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
NO SPECIMEN
Warty skin
Contrast to Hyla versicolor: smaller # chroms & shorter, lower-pitched trill
Order: Anura; Family: Hylidae
Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)
Snout pointy
Warty skin
Dark triangle on head
Order: Anura; Family: Bufonidae
American Toad (Bufo americanus)
Stocky
Warty skin
Dark spots on back
Order: Anura; Family: Bufonidae
Fowler’s Toad (Bufo woodhousii)
Stocky
Skin warty
Irregular dark spots containing +3 warts
Order: Anura; Family: Ranidae
Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipens)
Dorsolateral folds
Light boarder around spots
Order: Anura; Family: Ranidae
Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris)
Square spots
Order: Anura; Family: Ranidae
Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvatica)
Dorsolateral folds
White lip
Black mask
Order: Anura; Family: Ranidae
Mink Frog (Lithobates septentrionalis)
NO SPECIMEN
Irregular blotches
Pale green lip
Order: Caudata; Family: Salamandridae
Red-Spotted Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Black-boardered spots
Order: Caudata; Family: Ambystomidae
Blue-Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma laterale)
Black + blue spots
Order: Caudata; Family: Ambystomidae
Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)
Yellow spots
Order: Caudata; Family: Ambystomidae
Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)
Black + white banding