Chicago Region Amphibians by County

Ken Mierzwa and Ellin Beltz

Page Started: August 20, 2000 - Last Update: February 14, 2006

Anurans: Frogs and Toads
species names	Cook	DuPage	Kane	Lake	McHenry	Will	Lake, IN	Porter, IN	Kenosha, WI
American Toad	common	common	common	common	common	common	common	common	common
Fowler's Toad	historic	no habitat	no habitat	historic	no habitat	anticipated	present	present	no habitat
Cricket Frog	historic	historic	found 2000	historic	historic	present	present	historic	historic
Cope's Grey Treefrog	present	present	common	common	common	not documented	not documented	not documented	present
Grey Treefrog	present	present	not documented	not documented	not documented	common	present	common	not documented
Spring Peeper	present	present	found 2000	present	unconfirmed report	present	present	common	present
Western Chorus Frog	common	common	common	common	common	common	common	common	common
Plains Leopard Frog	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	present	outside range	outside range	outside range
Bullfrog	common	common	common	common	common	common	common	common	common
Greenfrog	common	common	common	common	common	present	present	common	present
Pickeral Frog	not documented	not documented	historic	not documented	historic	not documented	not documented	historic	not documented
Northern Leopard Frog	common	common	common	common	common	present	present	rare	present
Wood Frog	present	not known	no habitat	present	no habitat	present	not documented	common	no habitat
Caudatans: Salamanders and Mudpuppies
species names	Cook	DuPage	Kane	Lake	McHenry	Will	Lake, IN	Porter, IN	Kenosha, WI
Mudpuppy	present	no data	no data	present	no data	no data	present	present	present
Blue-spotted Salamander	present	present	undocumented reports	common	present	present	present	common	present
Spotted Salamander	present	present	no habitat	present	no habitat	present	not documented	present	no habitat
Marbled Salamander	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	historic	outside range
Small-mouth Salamander	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	present	outside range	outside range	outside range
Tiger Salamander	common	common	common	common	common	common	common	common	common
Central Newt	present	present	present	present	not documented	present	present	present	not known
Two-lined Salamander	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	present	outside range	outside range	outside range
Four-toed Salamander	historic	not expected	not expected	historic	not expected	present	not expected	present	not expected
Redback Salamander	present	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	outside range	present	common	outside range

My frog book

Frogs: Inside Their Remarkable World

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Ellin Beltz ebeltz@ebeltz.net

February 14, 2006

Chicago Region Amphibians by County

Ken Mierzwa and Ellin Beltz

Anurans: Frogs and Toads

Caudatans: Salamanders and Mudpuppies

My frog book

More Chicago-Region Amphibian Information on my Site