Frogs in Virginia

The state of Virginia has countless cypress swamps, ditches, marshes, ponds, and wetlands, making it an ideal place for frogs to live.

Virginia has a single poisonous frog species – the pickerel frog.

Frogs and Toads of Virginia

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
• Cope’s Gray Tree Frog
• Gray Tree Frog
• Little Grass Frog
• Mountain Chorus Frog
• New Jersey Chorus Frog
• Northern Cricket Frog
• Pine Woods Treefrog
• Southern Chorus Frog
• Southern Cricket Frog
• Spring Peeper
• Squirrel Treefrog
• Upland Chorus Frog

True Frogs

• American Bullfrog
• Atlantic Coast Leopard Frog
• Carpenter Frog
• Coastal Plains Leopard Frog
• Green Frog
• Pickerel Frog
• Wood Frog

True Toads

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

Spadefoot Toads

• Eastern Spadefoot Toad