Amphibian and Reptile Sounds

This is a list of amphibian and reptile sounds which can be heard on this web site.


California Frog and Toad Calls - a table of calls, a chart of the breeding season of each frog, and descriptions of calls and call methods of all California frogs and toads.


Amphibians


Frogs and Toads

Acris crepitans blanchardi - Blanchard's Cricket Frog

Bufo alvarius - Sonoran Desert Toad
Bufo americanus americanus - Eastern American Toad
Bufo boreas boreas - Boreal Toad
Bufo boreas halophilus - California Toad
Bufo californicus - Arroyo Toad
Bufo canorus - Yosemite Toad
Bufo cognatus - Great Plains Toad
Bufo debilis insidor - Western Green Toad
Bufo houstonensis - Houston Toad
Bufo nelsoni - Amargosa Toad
Bufo punctatus - Red-spotted Toad
Bufo retiformis - Sonoran Green Toad
Bufo speciosus - Texas Toad
Bufo valliceps (nebulifer) - Gulf Coast Toad
Bufo woodhousii woodhousii - Rocky Mountain Toad

Eleutherodactylus (Syrrophus) cystignathoides campi - Rio Grande Chirping Frog
Eleutherodactylus (Syrrhophus) marnockii - Cliff Chirping Frog

Gastrophryne olivacea - Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad

Hyla arenicolor - Canyon Treefrog
Hyla cinerea - Green Treefrog
Hyla squirella - Squirrel Treefrog
Hyla versicolor - Gray Treefrog

Hypopachus variolosus - Sheep Frog

Pseudacris cadaverina - California Treefrog
Pseudacris clarkii - Spotted Chorus Frog
Pseudacris crucifer - Spring Peeper
Pseudacris regilla - Pacific Treefrog
Pseudacris streckeri - Strecker's Chorus Frog
Pseudacris triseriata - Western Chorus Frog

Rana aurora - Northern Red-legged Frog
Rana boylii - Foothill Yellow-legged Frog
Rana berlandieri - Rio Grande Leopard Frog
Rana cascadae - Cascades Frog
Rana catesbeiana - American Bullfrog
Rana clamitans clamitans - Bronze Frog
Rana draytonii - California Red-legged Frog
Rana grylio - Pig Frog
Rana muscosa - Mountain Yellow-legged Frog
Rana onca - Relict Leopard Frog
Rana pipiens - Northern Leopard Frog
Rana pretiosa - Oregon Spotted Frog
Rana sphenocephala - Southern Leopard Frog

Scaphiopus couchii - Couch's Spadefoot

Smilisca baudinii - Mexican Treefrog
Smilisca (Pternohyla) fodiens - Lowland Burrowing Treefrog

Spea hammondii - Western Spadefoot
Spea intermontana - Great Basin Spadefoot
Spea multiplicata (stagnalis) - New Mexican Spadefoot

Xenopus laevis - African Clawed Frog



Reptiles


Snakes

Crotalus - Rattlesnakes - various species rattling and hissing
Pituophis catenifer - Gophersnake - hissing


Lizards

Coleonyx variegatus variegatus - Desert Banded Gecko - squeaking
Heloderma suspectum - Gila Monster - hissing
Hemidactylus turcicus - Mediterranean House Gecko - chirping



Reptile and Amphibian Mimics (or sound-alikes)


Birds

Burrowing Owls (imitating a rattlesnake)


Insects

Cicada (sounding like a rattlesnake rattle)