IL-GAP Amphibians


 

This list of 41 amphibians was compiled from "Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois" (Phillips et al.1999). All models have been reviewed by Chris Phillips, a herpetologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey. Click on the common name of a species to see the species accounts from the INHS collections.
   
TNC ELEMENT CODE
COMMON NAME
SCIENTIFIC NAME *
AAAAA01050
Ambystoma jeffersonianum ST
AAAAA01060
Ambystoma laterale
AAAAA01090
Ambystoma maculatum
AAAAA01100
Ambystoma opacum
NONE
Ambystoma platineum SE
AAAAA01120
Ambystoma talpoideum
AAAAA01130
Ambystoma texanum
AAAAA01140
Ambystoma tigrinum
AAAAC01010
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis SE
AAAAD03040
Desmognathus fuscus SE
AAAAD05040
Eurycea longicauda
AAAAD05050
Eurycea lucifuga
AAAAD05140
Eurycea cirrigera
AAAAD08010
Hemidactylium scutatum ST
AAAAD12020
Plethodon cinereus
AAAAD12030
Plethodon dorsalis
AAAAD12070
Plethodon glutinosus
AAAAE01040
Necturus maculosus
AAAAF01030
Notophthalmus viridescens
AAAAG02010
Siren intermedia
AAABB01020
Bufo americanus
AAABB01210
Bufo fowleri
AAABC01010
Acris crepitans
AAABC02030
Hyla avivoca ST
AAABC02050
Hyla chrysoscelis
AAABC02060
Hyla cinerea
AAABC02130
Hyla versicolor
AAABC05061
Pseudacris streckeri illinoensis ST
AAABC05070
Pseudacris triseriata
AAABC05071
Pseudacris feriarum
AAABC05090
Pseudacris crucifer
AAABE01010
Gastrophryne carolinensis ST
AAABF01040
Scaphiopus holbrookii
AAABH01010
Rana areolata
AAABH01040
Rana blairi
AAABH01070
Rana catesbeiana
AAABH01090
Rana clamitans
AAABH01160
Rana palustris
AAABH01170
Rana pipiens
AAABH01200
Rana sylvatica
AAABH01220
Rana sphenocephala

* SE = State Endangered, ST = State Threatened

++ Species are not distiguished in Illinois. Individuals of these two nearly identical species are distinguishable only by chromosome number (Hyla chrysoscelis is diploid, Hyla versicolor is tetraploid) and mating call (trill rate is faster in Hyla chrysoscelis).
   

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