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)

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

Discoglossidae (disc-tongued frogs)

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

Leiopelmatidae (New Zealand primitive frogs)

New Zealand primitive frog* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiopelmatidae

Megophryidae

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

Pelobatidae (European spadefoot toads)

Garlic 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)

Spadefoot toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_spadefoot_toads

Amphignathodontidae (marsupial frogs)

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

Arthroleptidae (squeakers)

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

Brachycephalidae (saddleback toads)

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

Bufonidae (true toads)

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

Cane toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_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).)

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.)

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

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.)

Hylidae (tree frogs)

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.)

Hyperoliidae

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

Leptodactylidae

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

Microhylidae

Desert rain frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Rain_Frog (A burrowing species, found mainly in tropical grasslands and savannahs, but can survive in drier areas.)