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Cards In This Set
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 Has gills; completely aquatic; paedomorphosis (juvenile traits); nocturnal |
Order Urodela (Salamanders)
Proteidae:Mudpuppy |
 Adults are olive with dark/red spots; underside yellow; tail is finlike; spend up to 3 years in the Ref-Eft stage |
Order Urodela (Salamanders)
Salamandridae: Eastern (Red-Spotted) Newt |
 Big body/limbs; prominent costal grooves; large distinct yellow/orange spots on a black/brown/bluish body |
Order Urodela (Salamanders)
Ambystomatidae: Spotted Salamander |
 Big body/limbs; prominent costal grooves; dark brown with tinry blue spots on it (varying degrees) |
Order Urodela (Salamanders)
Ambystomatidae: Blue-Spotted Salamander |
 Lungless salamander; 4 toes on each hind foot; belly has large dark black spots against a white background; sides tend to be grey; top is reddish or brownish; thick tail has a constricting ring where it can break off |
Order Urodela (Salamanders)
Plethodontidae: Four-toed Salamander |
.jpg) Lungless salamander; red stripe down the back with black sides; belly is more salt and pepper looking; sometimes light grey or black in color; eggs are layed outside of water and don't have a larval state (baby salamanders come out) |
Order Urodela (Salamanders)
Plethodontidae: Red-backed Salamander |
 Spots all over the back and some on the chest/abdomen; 1 or 2 large bumps on dark spots |
Order Anura (Frogs and Toads)
Bufonidae: American Toad |
 Have many large warts on the dark spots; no spotting underneath; likes drier/sandier areas |
Order Anura (Frogs and Toads)
Bufonidae: Fowler's Toad |
 Typically 2 rows of squarish spots down the back |
Order Anura (Frogs and Toads)
Ranidae: Pickerel Frog |
 Spots are not typically squared off or in distinct rows |
Order Anura (Frogs and Toads)
Ranidae: Northern Leopard Frog |
 Folds of the skins in the head (dorsal lateral fold) down the eye and stop by the mouth |
Order Anura (Frogs and Toads)
Ranidae: Bullfrog |
 Dorsal lateral fold continue down the back of the frog |
Order Anura (Frogs and Toads)
Ranidae: Green Frog |
 Balck mast; usually a tan or dark brown color |
Order Anura (Frogs and Toads)
Ranidae: Wood Frog |
 Usually light brown; 5 big stripes down the back; small |
Order Anura (Frogs and Toads)
Hylidae: Western chorus frog |
 X on the back; tan/grey/reddish |
Order Anura (Frogs and Toads)
Hylidae: Spring Peeper |
