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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.

Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.

Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:

EX - Extinct, EW - Extinct in the wild

CR - Critically endangered, EN - Endangered, VU - Vulnerable

NT - Near threatened, LC - Least concern

DD - Data deficient, NE - 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 LC
Penibetic salamander, Salamandra longirostris (Spain)^[2]
Corsican fire salamander, Salamandra corsica LC (Corsica)
Alpine salamander, Salamandra atra LC (France, the Alps, and Balkans)
Lanza's alpine salamander, Salamandra lanzai VU
Karpathos salamander, Lyciasalamandra helverseni VU (three Greek islands near Crete)
Luschan's salamander, Lyciasalamandra luschani VU (Greek island of Kastellorizo)
Gold-striped salamander, Chioglossa lusitanica VU (Spain and Portugal)
Spectacled salamander, Salamandrina terdigitata LC (Italy) and:^{[n 1]}

Salamandrina perspicillata LC (formerly in Salamandrina terdigitata, Italy)

Iberian ribbed newt, Pleurodeles waltl NT (Iberian Peninsula, Morocco)
Pyrenean brook salamander, Calotriton asper NT (Pyrenees)
Montseny brook newt, Calotriton arnoldi CR (Spain)
Corsican brook salamander, Euproctus montanus LC (Corsica)
Sardinian brook salamander, Euproctus platycephalus EN (Sardinia)
Northern crested newt, Triturus cristatus LC
Marbled newt, Triturus marmoratus LC (Spain, Portugal and France)
Southern marbled newt, Triturus pygmaeus NT (Spain and Portugal)
Italian crested newt, Triturus carnifex LC
Southern crested newt, Triturus karelinii LC
Balkan crested newt, Triturus ivanbureschi (Balkans, Turkey)^[2]
Macedonian crested newt, Triturus macedonicus (Balkans, Turkey)^[2]
Danube crested newt, Triturus dobrogicus NT
Banded newt, Ommatotriton ophryticus (Caucasus, Turkey)^[2]^[3] NT
Alpine newt, Ichthyosaura alpestris and: ^{[n 1]}

Ichthyosaura apuana (Italy, France) ^[4]
Ichthyosaura reiseri (Balkans, Romania) ^[4]
Ichthyosaura veluchiensis (Balkans) ^[4]

Carpathian newt, Lissotriton montandoni LC (Carpathians)
Smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris LC and:^{[n 1]}

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] LC
Palmate newt, Lissotriton helveticus LC
Italian newt, Lissotriton italicus LC

Family: Hynobiidae (Asiatic salamanders)

Siberian salamander, Salamandrella keyserlingii LC (Russia)

Family: Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)

Cave salamander, Speleomantes strinatii NT (France)
Brown cave salamander, Hydromantes genei VU (France and Italy)
Italian cave salamander, Speleomantes italicus NT (Italy)
Ambrosi's cave salamander, Speleomantes ambrosii NT (Italy)
Monte Albo cave salamander, Speleomantes flavus VU (Sardinia)
Imperial cave salamander, Speleomantes imperialis NT (Sardinia) and:^{[n 1]}

Speleomantes sarrabusensis VU (formerly in Speleomantes imperialis, Sardinia)

Supramonte cave salamander, Speleomantes supramontis EN (Sardinia)

Family: Proteidae (waterdogs and mudpuppies)

Olm, Proteus anguinus VU (Dinaric Alps)

Frogs and toads

Family: Bombinatoridae (fire-bellied toads)

European fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina LC
Apennine yellow-bellied toad, Bombina pachypus EN
Yellow-bellied toad, Bombina variegata LC

Family: Discoglossidae (disc-tongued frogs)

Iberian painted frog, Discoglossus galganoi LC
Spanish painted frog, Discoglossus jeanneae NT
Corsican painted frog, Discoglossus montalentii NT
Painted frog, Discoglossus pictus LC (Sicily and Malta)
Tyrrhenian painted frog, Discoglossus sardus LC
Midwife toad, Alytes obstetricans LC and:^{[n 1]}

Catalonian midwife toad, Alytes (obstetricans) almogavarii (Spain)^[5]^[6]

Iberian midwife toad, Alytes cisternasii NT
Betic midwife toad, Alytes dickhilleni VU (Spain)
Majorcan midwife toad, Alytes muletensis VU (Majorca)

Family: Pipidae

African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis LC (introduced)

Family: Pelobatidae (European spadefoot toads)

Eastern spadefoot, Pelobates syriacus LC (south-eastern Europe) and:^{[n 1]}

Balkan spadefoot, Pelobates balcanicus (southern Europe)^[5]^[6]

Western spadefoot, Pelobates cultripes NT
Common spadefoot, Pelobates fuscus LC and:^{[n 1]}

Pallas' spadefoot toad, Pelobates vespertinus (Ukraine to Kazakhstan)^[5]^[6]

Common parsley frog, Pelodytes punctatus LC
Iberian parsley frog, Pelodytes ibericus LC (Iberian Peninsula)
Lusitanian parsley frog, Pelodytes atlanticus LC (Portugal)^[2]
Caucasian parsley frog, Pelodytes caucasicus NT (Caucasus region, Turkey)
Hesperides' parsley frog, Pelodytes hespericus (Spain)^[2]

Family: Bufonidae (true toads)

Common toad, Bufo bufo LC
Giant toad, Bufo spinosus (Iberian Peninsula, France, Jersey)^[2]
Caucasian toad, Bufo verrucosissimus NT (Caucasus, Turkey, Iran)^[2]^[8]
Natterjack toad, Bufo calamita LC
Berber toad, Bufo mauritanicus LC (Spain - introduced)
Former Bufo viridis group:^[4]

European green toad, Bufotes viridis LC (in the past Pseudepidalea (Bufo) viridis, most of Europe) and:^{[n 1]}^[4]
Variable green toad, Bufotes sitibundus (Caucasus region, Russia, Kazakhstan)^[5]^[6]
Balearic green toad, Bufotes balearicus LC (Italy, Mediterranean islands)
Varying toad, Bufotes variabilis DD (currently not recognized,^[5]^[6] northern Europe, Greece, Caucasus region)
African green toad, Bufotes boulengeri LC (Lampedusa) and:^{[n 1]}

Sicilian green toad, Bufotes (boulengeri) siculus LC (Sicilia, Favignana and Ustica)

Cyprus green toad, Bufotes cypriensis (Cyprus)^[5]^[6]

Family: Hylidae (tree frogs and their allies)

Common tree frog, Hyla arborea LC
Oriental tree frog, Hyla orientalis (eastern Europe, Turkey, Iran)^[2]
Italian tree frog, Hyla intermedia LC and:^{[n 1]}

Po's tree frog, Hyla perrini (southern Europe)^[5]^[6]

Stripeless tree frog, Hyla meridionalis LC (southern Europe)
Iberian tree frog, Hyla molleri (Iberian Peninsula, France)^[2]
Sardinian tree frog, Hyla sarda LC

Family: Ranidae (true frogs)

Typical frogs

Common frog, Rana temporaria LC and:^{[n 1]}

Rana parvipalmata (Spain)^[5]^[6]

Pyrenean frog, Rana pyrenaica EN
Moor frog, Rana arvalis LC
Agile frog, Rana dalmatina LC
Italian agile frog, Rana latastei VU
Italian stream frog, Rana italica LC
Greek stream frog, Rana graeca LC
Iberian frog, Rana iberica NT
Long-legged wood frog, Rana macrocnemis LC (Caucasus region, Turkey)

Water frogs

Marsh frog, Pelophylax ridibundus LC
Pool frog, Pelophylax lessonae LC
Edible frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus LC
Perez's frog, Pelophylax perezi LC
Graf's hybrid frog, Pelophylax kl. grafi NT
Italian pool frog, Pelophylax bergeri LC
Italian edible frog, Pelophylax kl. hispanicus LC (Italy)
Epirus water frog, Pelophylax epeiroticus VU
Albanian water frog, Pelophylax shqipericus EN
Karpathos frog, Pelophylax cerigensis EN (Greece)
Cretan frog, Pelophylax cretensis EN (Greece)
Cyprus water frog, Pelophylax cypriensis (Cyprus)
Balkan frog, Pelophylax kurtmuelleri LC
Levant water frog, Pelophylax bedriagae LC
Sahara frog, Pelophylax saharicus LC (Gran Canaria - introduced)
American bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus LC (introduced)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Species split from this species or considered as distinct species alternatively. All these taxa occur in the area of interest, including the one on the left.

References

^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
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^ Kurtuluş Olgun, Jan Willem Arntzen, Sergius Kuzmin, Theodore Papenfuss, Ismail Ugurtas, David Tarkhnishvili, Max Sparreboom, Steven Anderson, Boris Tuniyev Natalia Ananjeva, Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Aziz Avci, Nazan Üzüm, Uğur Kaya. 2009. Ommatotriton ophryticus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T136019A4230151. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T136019A4230151.en. Downloaded on 10 October 2017. The distribution map: http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=136019
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Frost, Darrel (2020). "Frost, Darrel R. 2023. Amphibian Species of the World: an online reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database". New York, USA: American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Frost, Darrel (2020). "Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "AmphibiaWeb". Berkeley, CA: University of California. 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ V. Skorinov, D.; V. Doronin, I.; A. Kidov, A.; S. Tuniyev, B.; N. Litvinchuk, S. (2014). "Distribution and conservation status of the Caucasian newt, Lissotriton lantzi (Wolterstorff, 1914)". Russian Journal of Herpetology. 21 (4): 251–268. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
^ Boris Tuniyev, Göran Nilson, Natalia Ananjeva, Aram Agasyan, Nikolai Orlov, Sako Tuniyev, Steven Anderson, Sergius Kuzmin, Matthias Stöck, Theodore Papenfuss, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Ismail Ugurtas, David Tarkhnishvili, Sergius Kuzmin, Matthias Stöck, Theodore Papenfuss, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Ismail Ugurtas, Steven Anderson, David Tarkhnishvili, Natalia Ananjeva, Nikolai Orlov, Boris Tuniyev. 2009. Bufo verrucosissimus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T39421A10235921. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T39421A10235921.en. Downloaded on 10 October 2017. The distribution map: http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=39421