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Sac River Basin - Amphibians
Amphibians include animals like frogs and salamanders that require a moist place to live.
Some amphibians live right in the river while others live along the shoreline under a log or in the grass or mud.
Most amphibians require a moist area to lay their eggs.
Sometimes in the spring and summer you can hear frogs making “chirping” noises next to the
river. Some noises may be deep like the sound from a bullfrog. Other frogs like spring
peepers make high pitched noises. Frogs use these vocalizations to communicate with one another.
There are 27 species of amphibians in the Sac River Basin
Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
Range
(counties) |
Salamanders |
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Hellbender |
Cryptobranchus
alleganiensis |
Polk,
Greene |
Ringed
salamander |
Ambystoma
annulatum |
Polk,
Greene |
Spotted
salamander |
Ambystoma
maculatum |
Basin-wide |
Marbled
salamander |
Ambystoma
opacum |
St.
Clair |
Eastern
tiger salamander |
Ambystoma
tigrinum tigrinum |
Basin-wide |
Central
newt |
Notophthalmus
viridescens louisianensis |
Basin-wide |
Longtail
salamander |
Eurycea
longicauda |
Basin-wide |
Cave
salamander |
Eurycea
lucifuga |
Basin-wide |
Slimy
salamander |
Plethodon
glutinosus glutinosus |
Polk,
Dade, Greene |
Grotto
salamander |
Typhlotriton
spelaeus |
Polk,
Dade, Greene |
Mudpuppy |
Necturus
maculosis maculosis |
Basin-wide |
Frogs |
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Dwarf
American toad |
Bufo
americanus charlesmithi |
Basin-wide |
Eastern
American toad |
Bufo
americanus americanus |
St.
Clair |
Fowler's
toad |
Bufo
woodhousei fowleri |
Greene |
Woodhouse's
toad |
Bufo
woodhousei woodhousei |
Basin-wide |
Blanchard's
cricket frog |
Acris
crepitans blanchardi |
Basin-wide |
Northern
spring peeper |
Hyla
crucifer crucifer |
Basin-wide |
Eastern
gray treefrog |
Hyla
versicolor |
Greene |
Cope's
gray treefrog |
Hyla
chrysoscelis |
Basin-wide |
Western
chorus frog |
Pseudacris
triseriata |
Basin-wide |
Eastern
narrowmouth toad |
Gastrophryne
carolinensis |
Basin-wide |
Northern
crawfish frog |
Rana
areolata circulosa |
Polk,
Dade, Cedar, St. Clair, Barton,
Vernon
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Plains
leopard frog |
Rana
blairi |
Dade,
Cedar, St. Clair, Barton |
Bullfrog |
Rana
catesbeiana |
Basin-wide |
Green
frog |
Rana
clamitans |
Basin-wide |
Pickerel
frog |
Rana
palustris |
Basin-wide |
Southern
leopard frog |
Rana
sphenocephala |
Basin-wide |
Source:
“Sac
River Watershed Inventory and Assessment”, Missouri Department of Conservation,
available at http://www.conservation.mo.gov/fish/watershed.
Ringed
Salamander
Photo © Suzanne L. Collins,
Center for North American Herpetology (cnah.org)
Source: http://www.livingunderworld.org/caudata/database/ambystomatidae/ambystoma/annulatum/
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