There are 39 species of amphibians of Italy (including introduced and naturalised species) in two orders; no Caecilian is known to live in the country. They are listed here by family.

Anura

Ranidae

* Bullfrog, ''Lithobathes catesbeiana'' (introduced) *

Pool frog The pool frog (''Pelophylax lessonae'') is a European frog in the family Ranidae. Its specific name was chosen by the Italian herpetologist Lorenzo Camerano in 1882, in order to honour his master Michele Lessona. Description The pool frog is ...

, ''Pelophylax lessonae'' *

Italian pool frog The Italian pool frog (''Pelophylax bergeri'') is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. Found on the mainland of Italy and the Mediterranean islands of Sicily, Elba, Corsica and Sardinia, its natural habitats are rivers, swamps, freshwater l ...

, ''Pelophylax bergeri'' *

Marsh frog The marsh frog (''Pelophylax ridibundus'') is a species of water frog native to Europe and parts of western Asia. Description The marsh frog is the largest type of frog in most of its range, with males growing to a size around 100 mm (3.9 ...

, ''Pelophylax ridibunda'' *

Agile frog The agile frog (''Rana dalmatina'') is a European frog in the genus ''Rana'' of the true frog family, Ranidae. Description This species is fat and has long limbs and a pointy snout. Adult males are rarely larger than 6.5 cm, while females ...

, ''Rana dalmatina'' *

Italian stream frog The Italian stream frog (''Rana italica''), also called the Italian frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. The species is endemic to Italy and San Marino. Description Adults of ''R. italica'' have a head-body length of . The hind leg ...

, ''Rana italica'' (endemic) *

Italian agile frog The Italian agile frog (''Rana latastei''), also known as Lataste's frog, is a species of frog in the Family (biology), family Ranidae (true frogs). The species is native to southern Europe, primarily found in the Po (river), Po River Basin of I ...

, ''Rana latastei'' *

Perez's frog The Perez's frog, also known as Iberian waterfrog, Iberian green frog, or Coruna frog (''Pelophylax perezi'') is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is native to southern France, Portugal, Spain, and has been introduced to the Canary an ...

, ''Rana perezi'' *

Common frog The common frog or grass frog (''Rana temporaria''), also known as the European common frog, European common brown frog, European grass frog, European Holarctic true frog, European pond frog or European brown frog, is a semi-aquatic amphibian o ...

, ''Rana temporaria''

Discoglossidae

* Mediterranean painted frog, ''Discoglossus pictus'' *

Tyrrhenian painted frog The Tyrrhenian painted frog (''Discoglossus sardus'') is a species of frog in the family Alytidae (formerly Discoglossidae). Endemic to the Tyrrhenian Sea basin, it is found in a handful of Western Mediterranean islands, namely Sardinia, Corsic ...

, ''Discoglossus sardus''

Bombinatoridae

* Yellow-bellied toad, ''Bombina variegata'' * Apennine yellow-bellied toad, ''Bombina pachypus'' (endemic)

Hylidae

* European tree frog, ''Hyla arborea'' *

Italian tree frog The Italian tree frog (''Hyla intermedia'') is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, found in Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, and possibly San Marino. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, i ...

, ''Hyla intermedia'' * Mediterranean tree frog, ''Hyla meridionalis'' *

Sardinian tree frog The Sardinian tree frog or Tyrrhenian tree frog (''Hyla sarda'') is a species of frog in the family Hylidae, found in Corsica, Sardinia, and the Tuscan Archipelago. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, int ...

, ''Hyla sarda''

Bufonidae

* Common toad or European toad, ''Bufo bufo'' * European green toad, ''Bufo viridis'' * Balearic green toad, ''Bufo balearicus'' *

Sicilian green toad The African green toad (''Bufotes boulengeri'') is a species of toad found in North Africa from Western Sahara to Egypt, and on the Italian islands of Sicily, Favignana, Lampedusa and Ustica. The populations on the Italian islands were described ...

, ''Bufo siculus'' (endemic)

Pelobatidae The European spadefoot toads are a family of frogs, the Pelobatidae, with only one extant genus ''Pelobates'', containing six species. They are native to Europe, the Mediterranean, northwestern Africa, and western Asia. Description The Europe ...

Common spadefoot ''Pelobates fuscus'' is a species of toad in the family Pelobatidae, native to an area extending from Central Europe to Western Asia. It is commonly known as the common spadefoot, garlic toad, the common spadefoot toad and the European common spa ...

, ''Pelobates fuscus''

Pelodytidae Pelodytidae, also known as the parsley frogs, or rarely, mud divers, is a family of frogs. It contains a single extant genus, '' Pelodytes'', and two genera only known from fossils. The extant species are found in southwestern Europe and the Cauc ...

Common parsley frog The common parsley frog (''Pelodytes punctatus'') is a species of frog in the genus ''Pelodytes''. It lives in the Iberian region in south-western Europe. Description The common parsley frog (''Pelodytes punctatus'') is a very small and slen ...

, ''Pelodytes punctatus''

Caudata

Salamandridae Salamandridae is a family of salamanders consisting of true salamanders and newts. Salamandrids are distinguished from other salamanders by the lack of rib or costal grooves along the sides of their bodies and by their rough skin. Their skin is v ...

Sardinian brook salamander The Sardinian brook salamander or Sardinian mountain newt (''Euproctus platycephalus'') is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae found only in Sardinia, Italy. Description The Sardinian brook salamander can grow to about in lengt ...

, ''Euproctus platycephalus'' (endemic) *

Alpine salamander The alpine salamander (''Salamandra atra'') is a black salamander that can be found in the French Alps, and through the mountainous range in Europe. It is a member of the genus ''salamandra''. Their species name, ''atra'', may be derived from the ...

, ''Salamandra atra'' *

Lanza's alpine salamander Lanza's alpine salamander or the large alpine salamander (''Salamandra lanzai'') is a species of salamander in the family Salamandridae, found in France and Italy. Its natural habitats are forests, grasslands, and pasturelands, all of which are t ...

, ''Salamandra lanzai'' * Fire salamander, ''Salamandra salamandra'' * Spectacled salamander, ''Salamandrina terdigitata'' (endemic) *

Italian crested newt The Italian crested newt (''Triturus carnifex'') is a species of newt in the family Salamandridae. Habitat ''Triturus carnifex'' is found in parts of the Balkans and Italy. It is an aquatic breeder that can spend up to four months in the water ...

, ''Triturus carnifex'' * Smooth newt, ''Lissotriton vulgaris'' * Alpine newt, ''Ichthyosaura alpestris''

Plethodontidae

* Strinati's cave salamander, ''Speleomantes strinatii'' * Sarrabus' cave salamander, ''Speleomantes sarrabusensis'' (endemic) * Ambrosi's cave salamander, ''Speleomantes ambrosii'' (endemic) *

Monte Albo cave salamander The Monte Albo The Monte Albo (Monte Arbu in Sardinian) is a limestone massif in length in the central eastern portion of Island of Sardinia, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is ...

, ''Speleomantes flavus'' (endemic) *

Imperial cave salamander The imperial cave salamander, imperial salamander, odorous cave salamander, or scented cave salamander (''Speleomantes imperialis'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to Sardinia. Habitat and conservatio ...

, ''Speleomantes imperialis'' (endemic) * Italian cave salamander, ''Speleomantes italicus'' (endemic) * Supramonte cave salamander, ''Speleomantes supramontis'' (endemic)

Proteidae

* Olm, ''Proteus anguinus''

References

{{Europe topic, List of amphibians of Italy Italy

Amphibians Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arbore ...