Species

A selection of species found in North Carolina.

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Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog

Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog

Scientific Name: Rana kauffeldi
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Found in northeastern counties (brown)

Barking Tree Frog

Barking Tree Frog

Scientific Name: Hyla gratiosa
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Found primarily in Coastal Plain & eastern Piedmont (blue)
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall

Brimley's Chorus Frog

Brimley's Chorus Frog

Scientific Names: Pseudacris brimleyi
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Coastal Plain (blue)
Photo Credit: Jeff Beane

Bullfrog

Bullfrog

Scientific Name: Rana catesbeiana
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Statewide
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall

Carolina Gopher Frog

Carolina Gopher Frog

Scientific Name: Rana [=Lithobates] capito
Classification: Nongame species-State listed Endangered
Range: Rare (blue)
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall

Carpenter Frog

Carpenter Frog

Scientific Name: Rana virgatipes
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Abundant (blue)
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall

Northern Cricket Frog

Cricket Frogs Northern and Southern

Scientific Names: Northern: Acris crepitans; Southern: 
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Abundant (blue) 
Photo Credit: Hannah Royal

Narrowmouth Toad

Eastern Narrowmouth Toad

Scientific Name: Gastrophryne carolinensis
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Found in the Coastal Plain and Piedmont (blue)
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall

Eastern Spadefoot Frog

Eastern Spadefoot

Scientific Name: Scaphiopus holbrookii
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Most common in Coastal Plain & Piedmont (blue)
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall

Fowler's Toad

Fowler's Toad

Scientific Name: Bufo (Anaxyrus) fowleri 
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Abundant (green)
Photo Credit: Jodie Owen


 

Cope's Gray Treefrog

Gray Tree Frog Cope's and Northern

Scientific Names: Cope's Gray Treefrog: Hyla chrysoscelis, Northern Gray Treefrog: Hyla versicolor
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Cope's Gray Treefrog - Abundant (blue); 
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall

Green Frog

Green Frog

Scientific Name: Rana clamitans
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Abundant-statewide
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall
 

Green Treefrog

Green Treefrog

Scientific Names: Hyla cinera
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Found primarily in Coastal Plain (blue)
Photo Credit: Jodie Owen

Little Grass Frog

Little Grass Frog

Scientific Names: Pseudacris ocularis
Classification: Nongame species
Range: Coastal Plain (blue)
Photo Credit: Jeff Hall