Modification:Ark Project/Animals/Amphibians

Gymnophiona (caecilians)

Caudata (salamanders)

Cryptobranchoidea (giant salamanders)

Hellbender http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbender

Gorgan salamander* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgan_Salamander

Clawed salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Clawed_Salamander

Long-tailed salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-tailed_salamander

Yellow-spotted salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-spotted_Salamander

Siberian salamander* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_salamander (suggested rename: snow or ice salamander)

Ambystomatidae (mole salamanders)

Axolotl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axolotl

Tiger salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Tiger_Salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Salamander

Mole salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambystoma_talpoideum

Blue-spotted salamander / Silvery salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-spotted_Salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvery_Salamander (multiple species that would be best represented as different castes of one species in DF)

Amphiumidae (amphiumas)

I don't think we need all three, but I've included all three for reference purposes. The neat thing about these guys is we can give them venemous bites to simulate their infectious ones.

One-toed amphiuma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiuma_pholeter

Two-toed amphiuma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-toed_Amphiuma

Three-toed amphiuma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiuma_tridactylum

Dicamptodontidae (Pacific giant salamanders)

Coastal salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_Giant_Salamander

Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)

Slender salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_salamander

Web-footed salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolitoglossa

Splayfoot salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropterotriton

Hidden salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptotriton

Bromeliad salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrotriton

Moss salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nototriton

Worm salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipina

Minute salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorius

Climbing salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneides

Dusky salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmognathus

Ensatina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensatina

Redback salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Back_Salamander

Slimy salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slimy_Salamander

Cave salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speleomantes

Blind salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurycea (Also cave-dwelling.)

Spring salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrinophilus

Anura (frogs)

Ascaphidae (tailed frogs)

Tailed frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailed_frog

Bombinatoridae (fire-bellied toads)

Jungle toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbourula

Fire-bellied toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire-bellied_toad

Discoglossidae (disc-tongued frogs)

Midwife toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwife_toad

Painted frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoglossus

Leiopelmatidae (New Zealand primitive frogs)

Potato frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiopelmatidae (Name gleaned from species name "pakeka," apparently meaning "potato" in Samoan.)

Megophryidae

Tropical spadefoot toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptobrachium

Long-nosed horned frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-nosed_Horned_Frog

Horned toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophrys

Pelobatidae (European spadefoot toads)

Common spadefoot toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Spadefoot

Pelodytidae (parsley frogs)

Parsley frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley_Frogs

Pipidae (clawed frogs)

Clawed frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenopus

Star-fingered toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinam_toad

Rhinophrynidae (Mexican burrowing toad)

Burrowing toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Burrowing_Toad

Scaphiopodidae (American spadefoot toads)

Grassland spadefoot toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_spadefoot_toads

Amphignathodontidae (marsupial frogs)

Marsupial frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphignathodontidae

Arthroleptidae (squeakers)

Screeching frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthroleptis

Night frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astylosternus

Long-fingered frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardioglossa

Egg frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptodactylodon

Hairy frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthroleptidae

Forest treefrog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptopelis

Brachycephalidae (saddleback toads)

Gold frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Gold_Frog

Bufonidae (true toads)

Stream toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansonia_%28genus%29

Stubfoot toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atelopus

River toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufo_asper

Cane toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toad

Common toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Toad

Plains toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains_Toad (Added for more desert variety. Can survive in deserts and badlands of all description, even in surprisingly cold ones (Alberta for example).)

Boreal toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_toad

Tree toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrophryniscus

Natterjack toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natterjack_Toad

Redbelly toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanophryniscus

Live-bearing toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nectophrynoides

Bush toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreophrynella

Flathead toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelophryne

Beaked toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinella

Centrolenidae (glass frogs)

Glass frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrolenidae

Dendrobatidae (dart frogs)

Golden dart frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Poison_Frog (The infamous frog used by natives to poison their arrows. Allegedly the deadliest vertebrate on earth.)

Black-legged dart frog (Second deadliest.)

Azure dart frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobates_azureus (Particularly pretty)

Yellow-banded dart frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-banded_poison_dart_frog

Green-and-black dart frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_and_Black_Poison_Dart_Frog

Harlequin dart frog* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlequin_Poison_Frog (Rather deadly)

Dyeing dart frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrobates_tinctorius (Wierdly, its poison is used to "dye" young parrots' feathers.)

Strawberry dart frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Poison-dart_Frog (Red and blue colour morphs - also known adorably as the blue jeans frog)

Phantasmal poison frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantasmal_poison_frog (Included due to pharmaceutical interest as a chemical painkiller.)

Heleophrynidae (ghost frogs)

Ghost frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_frog

Hemisotidae (shovelnose frogs)

Shovelnose frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shovelnose_frog

Hylidae (tree frogs)

Litoria (Australasian tree frogs)

Broad-palmed frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Palmed_Frog

Dumpy tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Green_Tree_Frog

Brown tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Tree_Frog

Common mist frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Mist_Frog

Desert tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Tree_Frog

Sedge frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Dwarf_Tree_Frog

Green bell frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_and_Golden_Bell_Frog

Warty swamp frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growling_Grass_Frog

Laughing tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peron%27s_Tree_Frog

Creek frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoney_Creek_Frog

Waterfall frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_Frog

White-lipped tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-lipped_Tree_Frog

Hyla (New World tree frogs)

Common tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_tree_frog

Canyon tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyla_arenicolor

Green tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyla_cinerea

Barking tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyla_gratiosa

Gray tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_tree_frog

Pseudacris (chorus frogs)

Spring peeper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Peeper

Mountain chorus frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Chorus_Frog

Boreal chorus frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreal_Chorus_Frog

Striped chorus frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Chorus_Frog

Other Hylidae

Big-eyed tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyctimystes

Red-eyed tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agalychnis_callidryas (You must have seen this. It's the one on the front of all the nature books.)

Leaf frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hylidae

Painted-belly leaf frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllomedusa_sauvagii

Cricket frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_frog

Slender-legged tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender-legged_Treefrogs

Heart-tongued frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart-tongued_Frogs

Spikethumb frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spikethumb_Frogs

Swimming frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudis (Has disproportionately large tadpoles.)

Stream frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptychohyla

Snouted tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scinax

Lime tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphaenorhynchus

Hyperoliidae (bush frogs)

Banana frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrixalus

Running frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassina

Big-eyed tree frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big-eyed_Tree_Frog

Leptodactylidae (tropical frogs)

Horned frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratophrys (Apparantly existing since the Cretaceous in the form of the mighty Beelzebufo. The extant Argentine horned frog is apparantly capable of swallowing a rat whole.)

Wide-mouth frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidobatrachus

Tink frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleutherodactylus (Gigantic genus, may need further representation.)

Ditch frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptodactylus

Spiny-chest frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsodes