Frogs in Maryland

Maryland is home to several frog species that thrive in the state thanks to its abundant water bodies.

The state’s only poisonous frog is the pickerel frog.

Frogs and Toads of Maryland

Narrow-mouthed Frogs (called toads due to terrestrial behavior)

• Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad

Tree Frogs and Their Allies

• American Green Treefrog
• Barking Tree Frog
• Cope’s Gray Tree Frog
• Eastern Cricket Frog
• Gray Treefrog
• Mountain Chorus Frog
• New Jersey Chorus Frog
• Northern Cricket Frog
• Spring Peeper
• Upland Chorus Frog

True Frogs

• American Bullfrog
• Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog
• Carpenter Frog
• Green Frog
• Northern Leopard Frog
• Pickerel Frog
• Southern Leopard Frog
• Wood Frog

True Toads

• American Toad
• Eastern American Toad
• Fowler’s Toad

Spadefoot Toads

• Eastern Spadefoot Toad