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Herps of Texas: Frogs and Toads of Texas


To play the frog and toad calls, follow the picture links to .AIFF sound files of their calls. Photos courtesy of Nature's Images, Inc. and Texas Memorial Museum. Calls courtesy of Texas Memorial Museum.

Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

American Toad
Bufo americanus

Copyright © 1999 David Cannatella

Great Plains Toad
Bufo cognatus


Copyright © 1999 David T. Roberts, Nature's Images, Inc.

Green Toad
Bufo debilis

Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

Houston Toad
Bufo houstonensis


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Giant Toad
Bufo marinus

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Red Spotted Toad
Bufo punctatus


Copyright © 1999 David Cannatella

Texas Toad
Bufo speciosus

Copyright © 1999 David Cannatella

Gulf Coast Toad
Bufo nebulifer


Copyright © 1999 David T. Roberts, Nature's Images, Inc.

Woodhouse's Toad
Bufo woodhousii

Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

East Texas Toad
Bufo woodhousii velatus


Cricket Frog; Copyright © 1999 R. A. Findell.

Cricket Frog
Acris crepitans

Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

Canyon Treefrog
Hyla arenicolor


Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

Cope's Gray Treefrog
Hyla chrysoscelis

Green Treefrog; Copyright © 1999 David Cannatella.

Green Treefrog
Hyla cinerea


Squirrel Treefrog
Hyla squirella

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Gray Treefrog
Hyla versicolor


Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

Spotted Chorus Frog
Pseudacris clarkii

Copyright © 1999 David T. Roberts, Nature's Images

Strecker's Chorus Frog
Pseudacris streckeri


Copyright © 1999 Toby J. Hibbitts

Striped (Western) Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triseriata/feriarum

Northern Spring Peeper

Spring Peeper
Pseudacris crucifer crucifer


Copyright © 1999 David T. Roberts, Nature's Images

Mexican Treefrog
Smilisca baudinii

No call for White-lipped Frog is available; Copyright © 1999 David Hillis.

White-lipped Frog
Leptodactylus labialis


Rio Grande Chirping Frog; Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

Rio Grande Chirping Frog
Eleutherodactylus (Syrrhophus) cystignathoides

No photo or call for Spotted Chirping Frog is available.

Spotted Chirping Frog
Eleutherodactylus (Syrrhophus) guttilatus
(No photo available)


Copyright © 1999 David Cannatella

Cliff Chirping Frog
Eleutherodactylus (Syrrhophus) marnockii

No photo or call for Barking Frog is available.

Barking Frog
Eleutherodactylus (Hylactophryne) augusti


Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

Eastern Narrowmouth Toad
Gastrophryne carolinensis

Copyright © 1999 David Cannatella

Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad
Gastrophryne olivacea


Copyright © 1999 David Cannatella

Sheep Frog
Hypopachus variolosus

Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

Couch's Spadefoot Toad
Scaphiopus couchii


Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

Eastern Spadefoot Toad
Scaphiopus (hurterii) holbrookii

Photo for Plains Spadefoot not available.

Plains Spadefoot
Spea bombifrons
(No photo available)


Copyright © 1999 David Cannatella

New Mexico Spadefoot Toad
Spea multiplicata

Crawfish Frog
Rana areolata


Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

Rio Grande Leopard Frog
Rana berlandieri

Plains Leopard Frog
Rana blairi


Copyright © 1999 Jim McGuire

Bullfrog
Rana catesbeiana

Green Frog
Rana clamitans


Pig Frog; Copyright © 1999 David Cannatella.

Pig Frog
Rana grylio

Pickerel Frog; Copyright © 1999 David Hillis.

Pickerel Frog
Rana palustris


No Northern Leopard Frog call available; Copyright © 1999 David Cannatella

Northern Leopard Frog
Rana pipiens

Copyright © 1999 David Hillis

Southern Leopard Frog
Rana sphenocephala


Copyright © 1999 David Cannatella

Mexican Burrowing Toad
Rhinophrynus dorsalis