Amphibians

Amphibians of Appomattox Court House NHP

Common name

Scientific name

Notes

Order Anura: Frogs and Toads

Eastern cricket frog

Acris crepitans

 

Cope's gray treefrog

Hyla chrysocelis

 

Eastern gray treefrog

Hyla versicolor

 

Northern spring piper

Pseudacris crucifer

 

Upland chorus frog

Pseudacris feriarum

 

Eastern spadefoot

Scaphiopus holbrookii

 

American bullfrog

Rana catesbeiana

 

Pickerel frog

Rana palustris

 

Northern green frog

Rana clamitans

 

Wood frog

Rana sylvatica

 

American toad

Bufo americanus

 

Fowler's toad

Bufo fowleri

 

Eastern narrow-mouthed toad

Gastrophryne carolinensis

 

Order Caudata: Salamanders

Spotted salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

 

Marbled salamander

Ambystoma opacum

 

Mole salamander

Ambystoma talpoideum


Northern dusky salamander

Desmognathus fuscus

 

Southern two-lined salamander

Eurycea cirrigera

 

Three-lined salamander

Eurycea guttolineata

 

Four-toed salamander

Hemidactylium scutatum

 

Red-backed salamander

Plethodon cinereus

 

White-spotted slimy salamander

Plethodon cylindraceus

 

Eastern mud salamander

Pseudotriton montanus


Northern red salamander

Pseudotriton ruber

 

Red-spotted newt

Notophthalmus viridescens

 


Did You Know?

Surrender painting by Keith Rocco

General Robert E. Lee never offered his sword during the surrender meeting, and Grant never requested it.