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Amphibia

The Hong Kong Newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis), is the only species of salamander that is found in Hong Kong. Once thought to be endemic to the area, it has also been found along the coastal regions of the Guangdong Province. It is a protected speci...

The Emperor Newt (Tylototriton shanjing), also known as the Mandarin Newt or Mandarin Salamander, is a species of newt native to southeast Asia. They are found in the high mountain province of Yunnan, China, between 1000 and 2500 feet above sea level. ...

The Marbled Newt (Triturus marmoratus) is a terrestrial newt native to France, northern Spain, and Portugal. They are not found in much of the Pyrenees due to dry and unstable conditions. Populations are scattered in northern France due to the presence...

The Palmate Newt (Lissotriton helveticus), is a species of newt found in Great Britain and Western and Northern Europe. Its habitat includes ponds, lakes, marshes, forests, and agricultural land. It can also be found in acidic pools around moorland or ...

The Alpine Newt (Triturus alpestris), belongs to the order Salamander (Urodela or Caudata) in the class of Amphibians. The spread of the alpine newt is constricted to Central Europe and mountainous Southern Europe as well as an isolated area on the Ibe...

The Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris), also known as the Common Newt, is the most common newt species in the Triturus genus of amphibians. It is found throughout Europe except the far north, areas of Southern France, and the Iberian peninsula. In Euro...

The Iberian Painted Frog (Discoglossus galganoi), is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, sandy shores, arable land, and...

The Majorcan Midwife Toad (Alytes muletensis), also known as the Ferreret or Mallorcan Midwife Toad, is native to the Balearic Island of Majorca in the Mediterranean Sea. Discovered in 1977, this species was thought to be extinct beforehand, as only fo...

The Golden Toad (Bufo periglenes), was a small toad that was once abundant in a small region of high-altitude cloud-covered tropical forests above the city of Monteverde, Costa Rica. It inhabited an area of only about 20 square miles in area. It is now...

The Greater Siren (Siren lacertina), is an eel-like amphibian. They are found from Washington D.C. to Florida. They are nocturnal and adults spend much of the day under debris and rocks or burrowed in mud or thick vegetation. Young are often seen amid ...

The Two-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma means), is a snake-like salamander find primarily in southeastern Unites States. The range extends from southeastern Virginia to Florida, and west to Louisiana. The habitat is coastal plains where they can be found in ac...

The Southern Torrent Salamander (Rhyacotriton variegatus), is a species of salamander that is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and freshwater springs. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is part of the ...

The Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum), is a common and widespread species of mole salamander found in the eastern part of the United States. They are found from southern new England to northern Florida, and west to Illinois and Texas. Its habitat i...

The Hida Salamander (Hynobius kimurae), is a species of salamander in the Hynobiidae family. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and rivers. Photo Copyright and Credit

The Southern Dusky Salamander (Desmognathus auriculatus), is a species of salamander native to the coastal regions of the southeastern United States, from Virginia to Texas. It prefers tannic, swampy areas near ponds or on the flood plain of streams an...

The Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus), or Red-back Salamander, is a small, hardy woodland salamander. It inhabits wooded slopes in Eastern North America, west to Missouri, south to North Carolina, and north from southern Quebec and the Maritim...

The Southern Appalachian Salamander (Plethodon teyahalee), is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Darwin's Frog (Rhinoderma darwinii), is a frog native to the forest streams of Chile and Argentina. It is named after Charles Darwin who discovered it on his world voyage, "Voyage of the Beagle", on the HMS Beagle. The frog is brown or green wit...

Rhacophorus owstoni is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent fres...

The Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea), is a species of frog in the Microhylidae family. They are found throughout much of the south central United States from the state of Nebraska south through Texas, and into northern Mexico. Thou...