List of amphibians of Europe
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Template:Short description This is a list of amphibians of Europe. It includes all amphibians currently found in Europe. It does not include species found only in captivity or extinct in Europe, except where there is some doubt about this, nor does it currently include species introduced in recent decades. Each species is listed, with its binomial name and notes on its distribution where this is limited.
Template:IUCN 3.1 navmap/full Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.
Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
- Template:IUCN status - Extinct, Template:IUCN status - Extinct in the wild
- Template:IUCN status - Critically endangered, Template:IUCN status - Endangered, Template:IUCN status - Vulnerable
- Template:IUCN status - Near threatened, Template:IUCN status - Least concern
- Template:IUCN status - Data deficient, Template:IUCN status - Not evaluated
- (v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014[1])
Salamanders
Family: Salamandridae (true salamanders and newts)
- Fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra Template:IUCN status
- Penibetic salamander, Salamandra longirostris (Spain)[2]
- Corsican fire salamander, Salamandra corsica Template:IUCN status (Corsica)
- Alpine salamander, Salamandra atra Template:IUCN status (France, the Alps, and Balkans)
- Lanza's alpine salamander, Salamandra lanzai Template:IUCN status
- Karpathos salamander, Lyciasalamandra helverseni Template:IUCN status (three Greek islands near Crete)
- Luschan's salamander, Lyciasalamandra luschani Template:IUCN status (Greek island of Kastellorizo)
- Gold-striped salamander, Chioglossa lusitanica Template:IUCN status (Spain and Portugal)
- Spectacled salamander, Salamandrina terdigitata Template:IUCN status (Italy) and:Template:Refn
- Iberian ribbed newt, Pleurodeles waltl Template:IUCN status (Iberian Peninsula, Morocco)
- Pyrenean brook salamander, Calotriton asper Template:IUCN status (Pyrenees)
- Montseny brook newt, Calotriton arnoldi Template:IUCN status (Spain)
- Corsican brook salamander, Euproctus montanus Template:IUCN status (Corsica)
- Sardinian brook salamander, Euproctus platycephalus Template:IUCN status (Sardinia)
- Northern crested newt, Triturus cristatus Template:IUCN status
- Marbled newt, Triturus marmoratus Template:IUCN status (Spain, Portugal and France)
- Southern marbled newt, Triturus pygmaeus Template:IUCN status (Spain and Portugal)
- Italian crested newt, Triturus carnifex Template:IUCN status
- Southern crested newt, Triturus karelinii Template:IUCN status
- Balkan crested newt, Triturus ivanbureschi (Balkans, Turkey)[2]
- Macedonian crested newt, Triturus macedonicus (Balkans, Turkey)[2]
- Danube crested newt, Triturus dobrogicus Template:IUCN status
- Banded newt, Ommatotriton ophryticus (Caucasus, Turkey)[2][3] Template:IUCN status
- Alpine newt, Ichthyosaura alpestris and: Template:Refn
- Carpathian newt, Lissotriton montandoni Template:IUCN status (Carpathians)
- Smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris Template:IUCN status and:Template:Refn
- Greek smooth newt, Lissotriton graecus (Balkans)[2]
- Smooth newt, Lissotriton meridionalis (Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia)[2]
- Schmidtler's smooth newt, Lissotriton schmidtleri (Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria)[5][6]
- Caucasian smooth newt, Lissotriton lantzi (Caucasus)[2][7]
- Bosca's newt, Lissotriton boscai (Portugal)[2] Template:IUCN status
- Palmate newt, Lissotriton helveticus Template:IUCN status
- Italian newt, Lissotriton italicus Template:IUCN status
Family: Hynobiidae (Asiatic salamanders)
- Siberian salamander, Salamandrella keyserlingii Template:IUCN status (Russia)
Family: Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)
- Cave salamander, Speleomantes strinatii Template:IUCN status (France)
- Brown cave salamander, Hydromantes genei Template:IUCN status (France and Italy)
- Italian cave salamander, Speleomantes italicus Template:IUCN status (Italy)
- Ambrosi's cave salamander, Speleomantes ambrosii Template:IUCN status (Italy)
- Monte Albo cave salamander, Speleomantes flavus Template:IUCN status (Sardinia)
- Imperial cave salamander, Speleomantes imperialis Template:IUCN status (Sardinia) and:Template:Refn
- Supramonte cave salamander, Speleomantes supramontis Template:IUCN status (Sardinia)
Family: Proteidae (waterdogs and mudpuppies)
- Olm, Proteus anguinus Template:IUCN status (Dinaric Alps)
Frogs and toads
Family: Bombinatoridae (fire-bellied toads)
- European fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina Template:IUCN status
- Apennine yellow-bellied toad, Bombina pachypus Template:IUCN status
- Yellow-bellied toad, Bombina variegata Template:IUCN status
Family: Discoglossidae (disc-tongued frogs)
- Iberian painted frog, Discoglossus galganoi Template:IUCN status
- Spanish painted frog, Discoglossus jeanneae Template:IUCN status
- Corsican painted frog, Discoglossus montalentii Template:IUCN status
- Painted frog, Discoglossus pictus Template:IUCN status (Sicily and Malta)
- Tyrrhenian painted frog, Discoglossus sardus Template:IUCN status
- Midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans Template:IUCN status and:Template:Refn
- Catalonian midwife toad, Alytes (obstetricans) almogavarii (Spain)[5][6]
- Iberian midwife toad, Alytes cisternasii Template:IUCN status
- Betic midwife toad, Alytes dickhilleni Template:IUCN status (Spain)
- Majorcan midwife toad, Alytes muletensis Template:IUCN status (Majorca)
Family: Pipidae
- African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis Template:IUCN status (introduced)
Family: Pelobatidae (European spadefoot toads)
- Eastern spadefoot, Pelobates syriacus Template:IUCN status (south-eastern Europe) and:Template:Refn
- Balkan spadefoot, Pelobates balcanicus (southern Europe)[5][6]
- Western spadefoot, Pelobates cultripes Template:IUCN status
- Common spadefoot, Pelobates fuscus Template:IUCN status and:Template:Refn
- Pallas' spadefoot toad, Pelobates vespertinus (Ukraine to Kazakhstan)[5][6]
- Common parsley frog, Pelodytes punctatus Template:IUCN status
- Iberian parsley frog, Pelodytes ibericus Template:IUCN status (Iberian Peninsula)
- Lusitanian parsley frog, Pelodytes atlanticus Template:IUCN status (Portugal)[2]
- Caucasian parsley frog, Pelodytes caucasicus Template:IUCN status (Caucasus region, Turkey)
- Hesperides' parsley frog, Pelodytes hespericus (Spain)[2]
Family: Bufonidae (true toads)
- Common toad, Bufo bufo Template:IUCN status
- Giant toad, Bufo spinosus (Iberian Peninsula, France, Jersey)[2]
- Caucasian toad, Bufo verrucosissimus Template:IUCN status (Caucasus, Turkey, Iran)[2][8]
- Natterjack toad, Bufo calamita Template:IUCN status
- Berber toad, Bufo mauritanicus Template:IUCN status (Spain - introduced)
- Former Bufo viridis group:[4]
- European green toad, Bufotes viridis Template:IUCN status (in the past Pseudepidalea (Bufo) viridis, most of Europe) and:Template:Refn[4]
- Variable green toad, Bufotes sitibundus (Caucasus region, Russia, Kazakhstan)[5][6]
- Balearic green toad, Bufotes balearicus Template:IUCN status (Italy, Mediterranean islands)
- Varying toad, Bufotes variabilis Template:IUCN status (currently not recognized,[5][6] northern Europe, Greece, Caucasus region)
- African green toad, Bufotes boulengeri Template:IUCN status (Lampedusa) and:Template:Refn
- Sicilian green toad, Bufotes (boulengeri) siculus Template:IUCN status (Sicilia, Favignana and Ustica)
- Cyprus green toad, Bufotes cypriensis (Cyprus)[5][6]
Family: Hylidae (tree frogs and their allies)
- Common tree frog, Hyla arborea Template:IUCN status
- Oriental tree frog, Hyla orientalis (eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran)[2]
- Italian tree frog, Hyla intermedia Template:IUCN status and:Template:Refn
- Po's tree frog, Hyla perrini (southern Europe)[5][6]
- Stripeless tree frog, Hyla meridionalis Template:IUCN status (southern Europe)
- Iberian tree frog, Hyla molleri (Iberian Peninsula, France)[2]
- Sardinian tree frog, Hyla sarda Template:IUCN status
Family: Ranidae (true frogs)
- Typical frogs
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- Common frog, Rana temporaria Template:IUCN status and:Template:Refn
- Pyrenean frog, Rana pyrenaica Template:IUCN status
- Moor frog, Rana arvalis Template:IUCN status
- Agile frog, Rana dalmatina Template:IUCN status
- Italian agile frog, Rana latastei Template:IUCN status
- Italian stream frog, Rana italica Template:IUCN status
- Greek stream frog, Rana graeca Template:IUCN status
- Iberian frog, Rana iberica Template:IUCN status
- Long-legged wood frog, Rana macrocnemis Template:IUCN status (Caucasus region, Turkey)
- Water frogs
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- Marsh frog, Pelophylax ridibundus Template:IUCN status
- Pool frog, Pelophylax lessonae Template:IUCN status
- Edible frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus Template:IUCN status
- Perez's frog, Pelophylax perezi Template:IUCN status
- Graf's hybrid frog, Pelophylax kl. grafi Template:IUCN status
- Italian pool frog, Pelophylax bergeri Template:IUCN status
- Italian edible frog, Pelophylax kl. hispanicus Template:IUCN status (Italy)
- Epirus water frog, Pelophylax epeiroticus Template:IUCN status
- Albanian water frog, Pelophylax shqipericus Template:IUCN status
- Karpathos frog, Pelophylax cerigensis Template:IUCN status (Greece)
- Cretan frog, Pelophylax cretensis Template:IUCN status (Greece)
- Cyprus water frog, Pelophylax cypriensis (Cyprus)
- Balkan frog, Pelophylax kurtmuelleri Template:IUCN status
- Levant water frog, Pelophylax bedriagae Template:IUCN status
- Sahara frog, Pelophylax saharicus Template:IUCN status (Gran Canaria - introduced)
- American bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus Template:IUCN status (introduced)
See also
- List of birds of Europe
- List of mammals of Europe
- List of reptiles of Europe
- List of extinct animals of Europe
- List of amphibians and reptiles of Cantabria
Further reading
- Arnold N., Ovenden D., Collins Field Guide: Reptiles & Amphibians Britain & Europe., HarperCollins Publishers, London, 2002, Template:ISBN
- Engelmann W., Fritzsche J., Günthner R., Obst F., Beobachten und bestimmen: Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas, Neumann Verlag, Leipzig, Radebeul, 1985
Notes
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References
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External links
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- AmphibiaWeb Database. University of California, Berkeley, CA.