Amphibians

Cold-blooded animals, such as frogs and salamanders, that usually start life in water and later live on land.

Subcategories

🐸 Frogs (9)🦎 Salamanders (3)

12 entries

Amazon Milk FrogTrachycephalus resinifictrixA bumpy gray-and-brown rainforest tree frog that oozes a milky, poisonous liquid when threatened.AxolotlAmbystoma mexicanumA Mexican salamander that keeps its feathery gills and stays in the water its whole life, famous for regrowing lost body parts.California Tiger SalamanderAmbystoma californienseA big black salamander with yellow spots that lives in ground-squirrel burrows and breeds in seasonal pools in central California.Green MantellaMantella viridisA small, bright yellow-green Madagascar frog whose colors warn predators that it may be poisonous.Madagascar Reed FrogHeterixalus madagascariensisA tiny pale blue frog with a black face stripe and orange feet that lives in drier areas of northeastern Madagascar.Panamanian Golden FrogAtelopus zetekiA bright golden, poisonous frog that is Panama's symbol of good luck. It has not been seen in the wild since 2009 and survives in zoo breeding programs.

Poison Dart FrogsFamily Dendrobatidae (about 220 species)A family of about 220 tiny, brightly colored rainforest frogs whose bold colors warn predators that their skin is poisonous.Red-Eyed Tree FrogAgalychnis callidryasA bright green Central American tree frog with big red eyes, blue sides and orange feet.Seal SalamanderDesmognathus monticolaA lungless stream salamander of the Appalachian Mountains that breathes through its skin and hides under rocks in shallow water.Smoky Jungle FrogLeptodactylus pentadactylusA big South American frog up to seven inches long that puffs up and shrieks to scare predators.Starry Night Reed FrogHeterixalus alboguttatusA small Madagascar frog whose dark back is covered in yellow spots like a starry sky.Yosemite ToadAnaxyrus canorusA Sierra Nevada mountain toad that walks instead of hopping, with males and females that look very different.