Frogs in North Carolina

North Carolina has several frogs that thrive in the mostly humid continental state.

The pickerel frog is North Carolina’s only poisonous frog species.

Frogs and Toads of North Carolina

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

• Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad

Tree Frogs and Their Allies

• American Green Treefrog
• Barking Treefrog
• Brimley’s Chorus Frog
• Gray Tree Frog
• Little Grass Frog
• Mountain Chorus Frog
• Northern Cricket Frog
• Ornate Chorus Frog
• Pine Barrens Treefrog
• Pine Woods Treefrog
• Southern Chorus Frog
• Southern Cricket Frog
• Spring Peeper
• Squirrel Treefrog
• Upland Chorus Frog

True Frogs

• American Bullfrog
• Carolina Gopher Frog
• Carpenter Frog
• Green Frog
• Pickerel Frog
• River Frog
• Southern Leopard Frog
• Wood Frog

True Toads

• American Toad
• Fowler’s Toad
• Oak Toad
• Southern Toad

Spadefoot Toads

• Eastern Spadefoot Toad