Modification:Ark Project/Animals/Amphibians

Gymnophiona (caecilians)

None yet listed

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

Proteidae (olms)

Waterdog / Mudpuppy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudpuppy

Olm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olm (already included)

Anura (frogs)

Common frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Frog

Moor frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moor_Frog

Marsh frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_Frog

Pool frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_Frog

Edible frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible_Frog

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

Leopard frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_frog

Bicolored frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicolored_Frog

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

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

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

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

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

Garlic toad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Spadefoot

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.)

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.)

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

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.)

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.)

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).)

Flying frog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhacophorus_nigropalmatus (Could represent any species that does this. Tropical forests.)