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Michigan Amphibians Flashcards

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Cross pattern on back

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Pseudacris crucifer (spring peeper)

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3 stripes down back

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Pseudacris triseriata (chorus frog)

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White spot under eye, underside of hind legs + groin yellow

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Hyla versicolor and chrysoscelis (gray treefrog)

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Dark triangle mark between eyes, pointed snout

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Acris crepitans (Northern cricket frog)

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5
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Dark spots with 1 or 2 warts on back

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Bufo americanus (American toad)

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Dark spots with 3+ warts

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Bufo woodhousii (Fowler’s toad)

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Oval spots down back

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Lithobates pipiens (meadow or leopard frog)

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Rectangular spots down back

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Lithobates palustris (pickerel frog)

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Dark line/mask through eye, white line on upper lip

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Lithobates sylvatica (wood frog)

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10
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Frog, no dorsolateral folds present

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Lithobates catesbeiana (bullfrog)

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Frog, dorsolateral folds present

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Lithobates clamitans (green frog)

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12
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Laterally compressed tail, red spots

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Notopthalamus viridescens (red-spotted newt)

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13
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Blue spots

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Ambystoma laterale (blue-spotted salamander)

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Rows of rounded yellow spots (2 rows) head to tail

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Ambystoma maculatum (spotted salamander)

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Black with white/gray bands across back + tail

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Ambystoma opacum (marbled salamander)

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16
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Small head, blunt snout

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Ambystoma texanum (small-mouthed salamander)

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Many streaks + blotches

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Ambystoma tigrinum (tiger salamander)

18
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Four toes on hind feet

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Hemidactylium scutatum (four-toed salamander)

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Red or gray back, black + white speckled underside. Five toes on hind feet.

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Plethodon cinereus (red-backed salamander)

20
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Gills in adult, hind legs present

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Necturus maculosus (mudpuppy)

21
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Gills in adult, no hind legs

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Siren intermedia (lesser siren)

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