List of amphibians of Great Britain
This is a list of amphibians of Great Britain. There are seven extant amphibian species native to Great Britain, in addition, there are a number of naturalized species and extirpated/extinct species. The extant natives comprise three newts, two toads and two frogs. Creating a complete list of native species is difficult as many subfossils have been discovered that cannot be properly identified leading to some species becoming endangered or extinct by the time they are found to be native.
Extinct native species
- Moor frog — Extinct since the middle ages to wetland drainage and destruction of peat bogs; may have survived into the early modern era.
- Agile frog — Became extinct at some point during the Holocene due to woodland and ice age pond drainage; may have survived into the early modern era.
- European tree frog — Became extinct in the 1990s due to over-colection and loss of scrubland habitat..
- Common parsley frog — Became extinct sometime between the late Pleistocene and early Holocene likely due to human activity.
- Common spadefoot — Became extinct sometime between the late Pleistocene and early Holocene likely due to human activity.
Naturalised">Naturalisation (biology)">Naturalised and [invasive] species
- Salamanders and newts
- * Fire salamander
- * Alpine newt — invasive
- * Italian crested newt
- Frogs, toads and allies
- * Midwife toad — naturalised
- * Yellow-bellied toad — was naturalised current status unknown - likely restricted to Devon if still present.
- * Painted frog — has bred at least once
- * Australian green tree frog — has bred at least once
- * Marsh frog — invasive
- * Edible frog — invasive
- * Iberian water frog – invasive at RSPB Ham wall nature reserve
- * American bullfrog — successfully bred - considered invasive
- * African clawed toad — two invasive populations survived in the UK for 50 years, now extinct apart from in Calderstones Park.