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FROGS (Anura)

The order Anura (the Frogs and Toads) represents about 88% of all amphibians, with are around 7,700 known species (the numbers change often as endangered species become extinct and new species are discovered) sorted into 57 families. Eighteen species of frog within five families may be found in the central Alabama region where Columbiana and Harmon Park are situated.
Species which have been verifiably observed in the Park are marked with the symbol:

The Bufonidae Family

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Fowler's Toad
(Anaxyrus fowleri)

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Southern Toad
(Anaxyrus terrestris)

The Hylidae Family

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Northern Cricket Frog
(Acris crepitans)

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Southern Cricket Frog
(Acris gryllus)

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Bird-voiced Treefrog
(Hyla avivoca)

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Cope's Gray Treefrog
(Hyla chrysoscelis)

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North American Green Treefrog
(Hyla cinerea)

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Barking Treefrog
(Hyla gratiosa)

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Squirrel Treefrog
(Hyla squirella)

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Collinses’ Mountain Chorus Frog
(Pseudacris collinsorum)

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Spring Peeper
(Pseudacris crucifer)

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Upland Chorus Frog
(Pseudacris feriarum)

The Microhylidae Family

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Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
(Gastrophryne carolinensis)

The Ranidae Family

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American Bullfrog
(Rana catesbeiana)

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Pickerel Frog
(Rana palustris)

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Bronze Frog
(Rana clamitans)

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Southern Leopard Frog
(Rana sphenocephala)

The Scaphiopodidae Family

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Eastern Spade-foot
(Scaphiopus holbrookii)

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