Amphibia (Amphibians)

Amphibia Gray, 1825 - Amphibians

Missouri Amphibia (Amphibians)

Order: Caudata Scopoli, 1777 - Salamanders
- Family: Sirenidae Gray, 1825 - Sirens
  - Siren Österdam, 1766 - Sirens
    - Siren intermedia Barnes, 1826 - Western Lesser Siren
- Family: Cryptobranchidae Fitzinger, 1825 - Giant Salamanders
  - Cryptobranchus Leuckart, 1821 - Hellbenders
    - Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Daudin, 1803) - Hellbender
- Family: Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850 - Mole Salamanders
  - Ambystoma Tschudi, 1838 - Mole Salamanders
    - Ambystoma annulatum Cope, 1886 - Ringed Salamander
    - Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802) - Spotted Salamander
    - Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) - Marbled Salamander
    - Ambystoma talpoideum (Holbrook, 1838) - Mole Salamander
    - Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855) - Small-mouthed Salamander
    - Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825) - Eastern Tiger Salamander
- Family: Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 - Newts
  - Notophthalmus Rafinesque, 1820 - Eastern Newts
    - Notophthalmus viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) - Central Newt
- Family: Proteidae Gray, 1825 - Mudpuppies and Waterdogs
  - Necturus Rafinesque, 1819 - Waterdogs and Mudpuppies
    - Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818) - Mudpuppy
- Family: Amphiumidae Gray, 1825 - Amphiumas
  - Amphiuma Garden, 1821 - Amphiumas
    - Amphiuma tridactylum Cuvier, 1827 - Three-toed Amphiuma
- Family: Plethodontidae Gray, 1850 - Lungless Salamanders
  - Eurycea Rafinesque, 1822 - Brook Salamanders
    - Eurycea longicauda (Green, 1818) - Long-tailed Salamander
    - Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, 1822 - Cave Salamander
    - Eurycea spelaea Stejneger, 1892 - Grotto Salamander
    - Eurycea tynerensis Moore and Hughes, 1939 - Oklahoma Salamander
  - Hemidactylium Tschudi, 1838 - Four-Toed Salamanders
    - Hemidactylium scutatum (Temminck and Schlegel in Von Siebold, 1838) - Four-toed Salamander
  - Plethodon Tschudi, 1838 - Woodland Salamanders
    - Plethodon albagula Grobman, 1944 - Western Slimy Salamander
    - Plethodon angusticlavius Grobman, 1944 - Ozark Zigzag Salamander
    - Plethodon serratus Grobman, 1944 - Southern Red-backed Salamander
Order: Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813 - Frogs
- Family: Scaphiopodidae Cope, 1865 - North American Spadefoots
  - Scaphiopus Holbrook, 1836 - North American Spadefoots
    - Scaphiopus holbrookii (Harlan, 1835) - Eastern Spadefoot
  - Spea Cope, 1866 - Western Spadefoots
    - Spea bombifrons (Cope, 1863) - Plains Spadefoot
- Family: Bufonidae Gray, 1825 - True Toads
  - Anaxyrus Tschudi, 1845 - North American Toads
    - Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) - American Toad
    - Anaxyrus cognatus (Say, 1822) - Great Plains Toad
    - Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882) - Fowler's Toad
    - Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard, 1854) - Woodhouse's Toad
- Family: Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 - Treefrogs
  - Acris Duméril and Bibron, 1841 - Cricket Frogs
    - Acris blanchardi Harper, 1947 - Blanchard's Cricket Frog
  - Hyla Laurenti, 1768 - Holarctic Treefrogs
    - Hyla chrysoscelis Cope, 1880 - Cope's Gray Treefrog
    - Hyla cinerea (Schneider, 1799) - Green Treefrog
    - Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825 - Gray Treefrog
  - Pseudacris Fitzinger, 1843 - Chorus Frogs
    - Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) - Spring Peeper
    - Pseudacris feriarum (Baird, 1854) - Upland Chorus Frog
    - Pseudacris fouquettei Lemmon, Lemmon, Collins, and Cannatella, 2008 - Cajun Chorus Frog
    - Pseudacris illinoensis Smith, 1951 - Illinois Chorus Frog
    - Pseudacris maculata (Agassiz, 1850) - Boreal Chorus Frog
- Family: Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814 - True Frogs
  - Lithobates Fitzinger, 1843 - American Water Frogs
    - Lithobates areolatus (Baird and Girard, 1852) - Northern Crawfish Frog
    - Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown, and Brown, 1973) - Plains Leopard Frog
    - Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) - American Bullfrog
    - Lithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801) - Green Frog
    - Lithobates palustris (LeConte, 1825) - Pickerel Frog
    - Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) - Northern Leopard Frog
    - Lithobates sphenocephalus (Cope, 1886) - Southern Leopard Frog
    - Lithobates sylvaticus (LeConte, 1825) - Wood Frog
- Family: Microhylidae Gunther, 1843 - Microhylid Frogs and Toads
  - Gastrophryne Fitzinger, 1843 - North American Narrow-mouthed Toads
    - Gastrophryne carolinensis (Holbrook, 1835) - Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
    - Gastrophryne olivacea (Hallowell, 1856) - Western Narrow-mouthed Toad

Native Status

Amphibia (Amphibians) is native to Missouri.

Linnaean Classification

Kingdom:: Animalia - Animals
Phylum:: Chordata - Chordates
Subphylum:: Vertebrata - Vertebrates
Class:: Amphibia Gray, 1825 - Amphibians

Recent Taxonomic Synonyms

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