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Identification Tips
(Note: Similar Species are compared in
adjacent boxes.)
Connecticut Frogs and Toads
Green Frog
- Dorsolateral folds present
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Bullfrog
- Dorsolateral folds absent
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Pickerel Frog
- Yellow color underside of rear legs
(except in young frogs undersides are white)
- Dorsal pattern rectangles no light edges
- Dorsal color gold/brown
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Leopard Frog
- White underside of rear legs
- Dorsal pattern spots with light edges
- Dorsal color usually green or gold
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- Wood Frog
- Distinct black eye patches
- Dorsal color light-reddish brown
- Spring Peeper
- Small size (less than 1")
- "X"-shape pattern on dorsum
- Dorsal color light tan
- Gray Treefrog
- Distinct adhesive circular pads on front & rear legs
- Dorsal color gray-green "lichen-like" pattern
- Skin bumpy like toads
- Bright yellow/orange color with mottled black edging underside
of rear legs
- White spot beneath eye
- •Newly metamorphed treefrogs are small (<1") and
light green in color
American Toad
- Ventral surface grayish with dense black spotting
- Parotid glands not touching suborbital ridge
- 1-2 warts in each of large/dark spots on dorsum
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Fowler's Toad
- Ventral surface pure white
- Parotid glands touching suborbital ridge
- 3 warts in each large/dark spot on dorsum
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- Eastern Spadefoot
- Two (2) yellow lines along dorsum forming pattern
- Dark sickle-shaped spades on rear feet
- No parotid glands
- Elliptical pupil
Connecticut Salamanders: Identification Tips
- Spotted Salamander
- Distinct large yellow spots on a black dorsum
- Large size
- •Metamorphs will be small, stout-bodied and dark with
yellow flecking on the dorsum
- Marbled Salamander
- Distinct white or silver bands on a black dorsum
- Large size and stout body
- •Metamorphs will be small, stout and dark with silver/gray
flecking on the dorsum
Jefferson Salamander
- Uniform brown or blue/black dorsum with fine blue
flecks on the sides
- Large size
- •Metamorphs will be small, stout and dark brown
or greenish with blue flecking on the sides
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Blue-spotted Salamander
- Black dorsum with distinct large blue flecks on the
tail, sides and dorsum
- •Metamorphs will be small, stout and dark with
noticeable blue flecking on the sides, tail and dorsum
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Red-spotted Newt: Adults
- Olive green dorsum with two rows of distinct red spots
- Bright yellow belly with black spotting
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Red-spotted Newt: Eft Stage
- Bright orange/red dorsum with two rows of red spots
(ringed in black)
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- Four-toed Salamander
- Red/brown dorsum
- Snow white belly with distinct black spots
- Noticeable constriction at base of tail
- Small size
Redback Salamander
Striped Phase:
- Gray-black dorsum with wide brick red stripe
- Mottled gray belly
- Small size, thin body with all four legs approximately
equal in size
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Redback Salamander
Un-striped Phase:
- Blue/black/gray dorsum with fine blue flecking on sides
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Redback Salamander
Erythristic Phase:
- Pink/red dorsum with some brown/black mottling on tail
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Two-lined Salamander
- Distinct yellow/brown dorsum with two black lines along
the back
- Yellow belly
- Small size, thin body with all four legs approximately of
equal size
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Dusky Salamander
- Dark brown/black body
- Mottled gray/brown belly
- Light stripe angling from back of eye to rear of lower
jaw
- Rear legs longer, stouter than front
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- Spring Salamander
- Light red/pink/brown dorsum with faint dark mottling
- Distinct light lines from the eyes to the nostrils
- Large size
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