List of amphibians that start with M

There are 160 amphibians that start with the letter M, from Mackenzie Valley wood frog to Müllerian caecilian. Below you will find them listed alphabetically along with some general information about each. Click the toggle view buttons in the top right corner to switch between the card and the table view.

For each item you will find the following information

Order: The subclass the amphibians belongs to

Habitat: The places or type of weather the amphibians lives in

Scientific name: The designation that scientists use to catalog the species

Mackenzie Valley wood frog

Name: Mackenzie Valley wood frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Northern Canada and Alaska

Scientific name: Lithobates sylvaticus

Madagascan burrowing frog

Name: Madagascan burrowing frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Madagascar

Scientific name: Scaphiophryne brevis

Madagascan mantella

Name: Madagascan mantella

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Madagascar

Scientific name: Mantella madagascariensis

Madagascan reed frog

Name: Madagascan reed frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Madagascar

Scientific name: Heterixalus madagascariensis

Madagascan tomato frog

Name: Madagascan tomato frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Madagascar

Scientific name: Dyscophus antongilii

Madagascar golden frog

Name: Madagascar golden frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Madagascar

Scientific name: Mantella aurantiaca

Madeira midwife toad

Name: Madeira midwife toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Madeira Island, Portugal

Scientific name: Alytes obstetricans maurus

Madrean alligator lizard

Name: Madrean alligator lizard

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Mexico and southwestern United States

Scientific name: Elgaria kingii

Magnificent tree frog

Name: Magnificent tree frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Australia

Scientific name: Litoria splendida

Mahogany slimy salamander

Name: Mahogany slimy salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Eastern United States

Scientific name: Plethodon wehrlei

Majorcan cave salamander

Name: Majorcan cave salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Mallorca Island, Spain

Scientific name: Speleomantes supramontis

Majorcan green toad

Name: Majorcan green toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mallorca, Spain

Scientific name: Bufotes viridis balearicus

Malabar caecilian

Name: Malabar caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: Western Ghats, India

Scientific name: Ichthyophis malabarensis

Malabar gliding frog

Name: Malabar gliding frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Western Ghats of India

Scientific name: Rhacophorus malabaricus

Malabar torrent toad

Name: Malabar torrent toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Western Ghats, India

Scientific name: Ghatophryne ornata

Malagasy rainbow frog

Name: Malagasy rainbow frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Madagascar

Scientific name: Scaphiophryne gottlebei

Malayan bent-toed gecko

Name: Malayan bent-toed gecko

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Cyrtodactylus malayanus

Malayan bullfrog

Name: Malayan bullfrog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Malaysia and Indonesia

Scientific name: Kaloula pulchra

Malayan flying frog

Name: Malayan flying frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Malaysia and surrounding regions

Scientific name: Rhacophorus prominanus

Malayan gastrotheca

Name: Malayan gastrotheca

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Megophrys malaianum

Malayan leaf frog

Name: Malayan leaf frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Malaysia and surrounding regions

Scientific name: Megophrys nasuta

Malayan leaf-litter frog

Name: Malayan leaf-litter frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Malaysia and surrounding regions

Scientific name: Leptobrachella mjobergi

Malayan wart frog

Name: Malayan wart frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Malaysia and Indonesia

Scientific name: Limnonectes kuhlii

Malaysian dwarf toad

Name: Malaysian dwarf toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Malaysia

Scientific name: Pelophryne brevipes

Malaysian horned frog

Name: Malaysian horned frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Malaysia, Indonesia, and other parts of Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Megophrys nasuta

Mallorca shovelnose salamander

Name: Mallorca shovelnose salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Mallorca, Spain

Scientific name: Hydromantes genei

Mallorcan midwife toad

Name: Mallorcan midwife toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mallorca, Spain

Scientific name: Alytes muletensis

Manaus slender-legged tree frog

Name: Manaus slender-legged tree frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Brazil

Scientific name: Osteocephalus taurinus

Mandarin salamander

Name: Mandarin salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: China

Scientific name: Tylototriton shanjing

Maned rocket frog

Name: Maned rocket frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: South America

Scientific name: Allobates femoralis

Mangrove saltmarsh snake

Name: Mangrove saltmarsh snake

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Gulf and Atlantic coasts of United States

Scientific name: Nerodia clarkii

Manila caecilian

Name: Manila caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: Philippines

Scientific name: Ichthyophis mindanaoensis

Manitoba toad

Name: Manitoba toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Central North America

Scientific name: Anaxyrus hemiophrys

Mantella frog

Name: Mantella frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Rainforests of Madagascar

Scientific name: Mantella spp.

Mantella laevigata

Name: Mantella laevigata

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Madagascar

Scientific name: Mantella laevigata

Mantidactylus

Name: Mantidactylus

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Madagascar

Scientific name: Mantidactylus grandidieri

Mao Korean frog

Name: Mao Korean frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Korea

Scientific name: Rana nigromaculata

Marañón poison frog

Name: Marañón poison frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Peru

Scientific name: Excidobates mysteriosus

Marbled balloon frog

Name: Marbled balloon frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Africa

Scientific name: Breviceps adspersus

Marbled caecilian

Name: Marbled caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: South America

Scientific name: Rhinatrema bivittatum

Marbled clawed frog

Name: Marbled clawed frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Africa

Scientific name: Xenopus calcaratus

Marbled dwarf frog

Name: Marbled dwarf frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Africa

Scientific name: Phrynobatrachus marmoratus

Marbled lung salamander

Name: Marbled lung salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Southeastern United States

Scientific name: Ambystoma opacum

Marbled newt

Name: Marbled newt

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Mediterranean regions of France, Portugal, and Spain

Scientific name: Triturus marmoratus

Marbled pygmy frog

Name: Marbled pygmy frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Australia

Scientific name: Crinia signifera

Marbled reed frog

Name: Marbled reed frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Sub-Saharan Africa

Scientific name: Hyperolius marmoratus

Marbled reed toad

Name: Marbled reed toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: South America

Scientific name: Trachycephalus jordani

Marbled rubber frog

Name: Marbled rubber frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Central and South America

Scientific name: Phrynohyas resinifictrix

Marbled salamander

Name: Marbled salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Forests and woodlands in eastern United States

Scientific name: Ambystoma opacum

Marbled sticky frog

Name: Marbled sticky frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Australia

Scientific name: Limnodynastes convexiusculus

Marbled toad

Name: Marbled toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Europe

Scientific name: Bufo bufo marmoratus

Margaritifer caecilian

Name: Margaritifer caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: Seychelles

Scientific name: Grandisonia margaritifer

Marmot tree frog

Name: Marmot tree frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: China

Scientific name: Rhacophorus dugritei

Marsh brown frog

Name: Marsh brown frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Eurasia

Scientific name: Rana arvalis

Marsh frog

Name: Marsh frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Wetlands across Europe and parts of Asia

Scientific name: Pelophylax ridibundus

Marsh snake

Name: Marsh snake

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Southern Asia

Scientific name: Herpeton tentaculatum

Marsupial frog

Name: Marsupial frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: South America

Scientific name: Gastrotheca marsupiata

Masked tree frog

Name: Masked tree frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Central and South America

Scientific name: Smilisca phaeota

Mato Grosso caecilian

Name: Mato Grosso caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: Brazil

Scientific name: Siphonops paulensis

Matschie's tree frog

Name: Matschie's tree frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Papua New Guinea and Indonesia

Scientific name: Litoria matschiei

Maud Island frog

Name: Maud Island frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Maud Island, New Zealand

Scientific name: Leiopelma pakeka

Maud Island leiopelma

Name: Maud Island leiopelma

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Maud Island, New Zealand

Scientific name: Leiopelma hamiltoni

Mawson's frog

Name: Mawson's frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Australia

Scientific name: Geocrinia mawsoni

Mazatlan narrow-mouthed toad

Name: Mazatlan narrow-mouthed toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Hypopachus variolosus

Mbulu caecilian

Name: Mbulu caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: Tanzania

Scientific name: Boulengerula uluguruensis

McMahon's frog

Name: McMahon's frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Australia

Scientific name: Limnodynastes convexiusculus

Mediterranean painted frog

Name: Mediterranean painted frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mediterranean region

Scientific name: Discoglossus pictus

Melanobatrachus

Name: Melanobatrachus

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Western Ghats, India

Scientific name: Melanobatrachus indicus

Merida's salamander

Name: Merida's salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Venezuela

Scientific name: Bolitoglossa meridensis

Mertens' water monitor

Name: Mertens' water monitor

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Northern Australia

Scientific name: Varanus mertensi

Mestizo river turtle

Name: Mestizo river turtle

Order: Turtles (Testudines)

Habitat: Central and South America

Scientific name: Rhinoclemmys pulcherrima

Mexican axolotl

Name: Mexican axolotl

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Lake Xochimilco and adjacent areas in Mexico City, Mexico

Scientific name: Ambystoma mexicanum

Mexican blind salamander

Name: Mexican blind salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Caves in northeastern Mexico

Scientific name: Chiropterotriton mosaueri

Mexican bromeliad salamander

Name: Mexican bromeliad salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Chiropterotriton multidentatus

Mexican bullfrog

Name: Mexican bullfrog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Lithobates montezumae

Mexican burrowing caecilian

Name: Mexican burrowing caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: Mexico and Guatemala

Scientific name: Dermophis mexicanus

Mexican burrowing toad

Name: Mexican burrowing toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Central and southern Mexico to Costa Rica

Scientific name: Rhinophrynus dorsalis

Mexican caecilian

Name: Mexican caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: Mexico to Nicaragua

Scientific name: Gymnopis multiplicata

Mexican giant musk turtle

Name: Mexican giant musk turtle

Order: Turtles (Testudines)

Habitat: Mexico and Central America

Scientific name: Staurotypus triporcatus

Mexican leaf frog

Name: Mexican leaf frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Central America to Northern South America

Scientific name: Agalychnis moreletii

Mexican lungless salamander

Name: Mexican lungless salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Pseudoeurycea leprosa

Mexican madtom jumping frog

Name: Mexican madtom jumping frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Craugastor pygmaeus

Mexican mole salamander

Name: Mexican mole salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Ambystoma velasci

Mexican moss salamander

Name: Mexican moss salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Cloud forests of Mexico

Scientific name: Nototriton adelos

Mexican spikethumb frog

Name: Mexican spikethumb frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Plectrohyla guatemalensis

Mexican treefrog

Name: Mexican treefrog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mexico to Costa Rica

Scientific name: Smilisca baudinii

Michoacan stream frog

Name: Michoacan stream frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Lithobates zweifeli

Micro glassfrog

Name: Micro glassfrog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Central and South America

Scientific name: Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni

Microhylid frog

Name: Microhylid frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Global tropics and subtropics

Scientific name: Microhylidae family

Midland brown snake

Name: Midland brown snake

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Eastern and central United States

Scientific name: Storeria dekayi

Midwife toad

Name: Midwife toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Western Europe including Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, and parts of Germany

Scientific name: Alytes obstetricans

Mihintale slender toad

Name: Mihintale slender toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Sri Lanka

Scientific name: Bufo atukoralei

Mindanao bubble-nest frog

Name: Mindanao bubble-nest frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Philippines

Scientific name: Philautus acutirostris

Mindanao fanged frog

Name: Mindanao fanged frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Philippines

Scientific name: Limnonectes magnus

Mindanao horned frog

Name: Mindanao horned frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mindanao Island, Philippines

Scientific name: Megophrys stejnegeri

Mindanao pygmy toad

Name: Mindanao pygmy toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mindanao Island, Philippines

Scientific name: Pelophryne mindanaoensis

Mindanao torrent frog

Name: Mindanao torrent frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Philippines

Scientific name: Sanguirana everetti

Mindoro narrow-mouthed frog

Name: Mindoro narrow-mouthed frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mindoro Island, Philippines

Scientific name: Kaloula kokacii

Mindoro rice frog

Name: Mindoro rice frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mindoro Island, Philippines

Scientific name: Microhyla mindorensis

Mindoro stream frog

Name: Mindoro stream frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mindoro Island, Philippines

Scientific name: Rana macrodactyla

Mindoro tree frog

Name: Mindoro tree frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mindoro Island, Philippines

Scientific name: Philautus schmackeri

Minshan's mustache toad

Name: Minshan's mustache toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: China

Scientific name: Leptobrachium boringii

Minute tree frog

Name: Minute tree frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Microhyla perparva

Mississippi gopher frog

Name: Mississippi gopher frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Southeastern United States, primarily Mississippi

Scientific name: Lithobates sevosus

Mitchell's rainbow frog

Name: Mitchell's rainbow frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Australia

Scientific name: Litoria mitchelli

Mitchell's rainforest snail

Name: Mitchell's rainforest snail

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Australia

Scientific name: Thersites mitchellae

Miura's giant salamander

Name: Miura's giant salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Japan

Scientific name: Andrias japonicus

Mole caecilian

Name: Mole caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: India

Scientific name: Gegeneophis ramaswamii

Mole salamander

Name: Mole salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Eastern and central United States

Scientific name: Ambystoma talpoideum

Mole salamanders

Name: Mole salamanders

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: North America

Scientific name: Ambystomatidae family

Mole-like caecilian

Name: Mole-like caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: Africa

Scientific name: Boulengerula taitana

Mole-like shovelnose salamander

Name: Mole-like shovelnose salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Western North America

Scientific name: Aneides flavipunctatus

Mona robber frog

Name: Mona robber frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Puerto Rico

Scientific name: Eleutherodactylus monensis

Mongolian toad

Name: Mongolian toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mongolia, Russia, China

Scientific name: Strauchbufo raddei

Montane brown frog

Name: Montane brown frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: East Asia

Scientific name: Rana ornativentris

Montane tree toad

Name: Montane tree toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Indonesia

Scientific name: Pedostibes hosii

Montane water frog

Name: Montane water frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Odorrana graminea

Montenegro crested newt

Name: Montenegro crested newt

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Balkans, Montenegro

Scientific name: Triturus macedonicus

Monterey ensatina

Name: Monterey ensatina

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Pacific coast of North America

Scientific name: Ensatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii

Monteverde salamander

Name: Monteverde salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Costa Rica

Scientific name: Bolitoglossa subpalmata

Montserrate salamander

Name: Montserrate salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Pseudoeurycea altamontana

Moonlight spotted salamander

Name: Moonlight spotted salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Japan

Scientific name: Hynobius nebulosus

Morafka's desert tortoise

Name: Morafka's desert tortoise

Order: Turtles (Testudines)

Habitat: Sonoran Desert in Mexico and Arizona, USA

Scientific name: Gopherus morafkai

Morato's jungle toad

Name: Morato's jungle toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Brazil

Scientific name: Rhinella dapsilis

Morelet's tree frog

Name: Morelet's tree frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mexico to Central America

Scientific name: Agalychnis moreletii

Morelius Robber Frog

Name: Morelius Robber Frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Eleutherodactylus morelosensis

Mosor cave salamander

Name: Mosor cave salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Dinaric Alps in Croatia

Scientific name: Proteus anguinus parkelj

Moss salamander

Name: Moss salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Central America and Mexico

Scientific name: Nototriton spp.

Mossy frog

Name: Mossy frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Northern Vietnam

Scientific name: Theloderma corticale

Mottled caecilian

Name: Mottled caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: South America

Scientific name: Siphonops annulatus

Mount Gangan slender-legged tree frog

Name: Mount Gangan slender-legged tree frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Sierra Leone

Scientific name: Leptopelis occidentalis

Mount Iberia eleuth

Name: Mount Iberia eleuth

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Cuba

Scientific name: Eleutherodactylus iberia

Mount Kinabalu torrent frog

Name: Mount Kinabalu torrent frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

Scientific name: Meristogenys kinabaluensis

Mount Koghis caecilian

Name: Mount Koghis caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: New Caledonia

Scientific name: Caecilia kohtaoensis

Mount Lyell alpine frog

Name: Mount Lyell alpine frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Tasmania, Australia

Scientific name: Philoria frosti

Mount Lyell salamander

Name: Mount Lyell salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Sierra Nevada mountains in California, USA

Scientific name: Hydromantes platycephalus

Mount Ngoc Linh crocodile newt

Name: Mount Ngoc Linh crocodile newt

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Vietnam

Scientific name: Tylototriton vietnamensis

Mount Nimba viviparous toad

Name: Mount Nimba viviparous toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mount Nimba region of West Africa

Scientific name: Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis

Mount Peña Nevada salamander

Name: Mount Peña Nevada salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Chiropterotriton cracens

Mountain black-spectacled toad

Name: Mountain black-spectacled toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: China

Scientific name: Duttaphrynus melanostictus

Mountain chicken frog

Name: Mountain chicken frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Caribbean islands of Dominica and Montserrat

Scientific name: Leptodactylus fallax

Mountain dusky salamander

Name: Mountain dusky salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Appalachian Mountains, USA

Scientific name: Desmognathus ochrophaeus

Mountain spadefoot toad

Name: Mountain spadefoot toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Mountains of western North America

Scientific name: Spea multiplicata

Mountain stream salamander

Name: Mountain stream salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: North America

Scientific name: Desmognathus monticola

Mountain yellow-legged frog

Name: Mountain yellow-legged frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Sierra Nevada and mountains of Southern California, USA

Scientific name: Rana muscosa

Mountain yellowlegs frog

Name: Mountain yellowlegs frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Western United States

Scientific name: Rana muscosa

Moustached toad

Name: Moustached toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Leptobrachium hasseltii

Moustached toadlet

Name: Moustached toadlet

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Eastern Australia

Scientific name: Uperoleia littlejohni

Moustached warty frog

Name: Moustached warty frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Philippines

Scientific name: Limnonectes macrocephalus

Mozambique caecilian

Name: Mozambique caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: Mozambique and surrounding regions in Africa

Scientific name: Scolecomorphus kirkii

Mozambique rain frog

Name: Mozambique rain frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Southeastern Africa

Scientific name: Breviceps mossambicus

Mudpuppy

Name: Mudpuppy

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Eastern North America

Scientific name: Necturus maculosus

Muir's smooth salamander

Name: Muir's smooth salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Oregon, United States

Scientific name: Batrachoseps campi

Murray River tortoise

Name: Murray River tortoise

Order: Turtles (Testudines)

Habitat: Murray-Darling river system, Australia

Scientific name: Emydura macquarii

Mustache toad

Name: Mustache toad

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Southeast Asia

Scientific name: Leptobrachium hasseltii

Muzquiz salamander

Name: Muzquiz salamander

Order: Salamanders and Newts (Caudata)

Habitat: Mexico

Scientific name: Chiropterotriton mosaueri

Myanmar caecilian

Name: Myanmar caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: Myanmar

Scientific name: Ichthyophis multicolor

Mysore night frog

Name: Mysore night frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Western Ghats, India

Scientific name: Nyctibatrachus mysoriensis

Müller's clawed frog

Name: Müller's clawed frog

Order: Frogs (Anura)

Habitat: Sub-Saharan Africa

Scientific name: Xenopus muelleri

Müllerian caecilian

Name: Müllerian caecilian

Order: Caecilians (Gymnophiona)

Habitat: South America

Scientific name: Caecilia tentaculata

NameOrderHabitatScientific name
Mackenzie Valley wood frogFrogs (Anura)Northern Canada and AlaskaLithobates sylvaticus
Madagascan burrowing frogFrogs (Anura)MadagascarScaphiophryne brevis
Madagascan mantellaFrogs (Anura)MadagascarMantella madagascariensis
Madagascan reed frogFrogs (Anura)MadagascarHeterixalus madagascariensis
Madagascan tomato frogFrogs (Anura)MadagascarDyscophus antongilii
Madagascar golden frogFrogs (Anura)MadagascarMantella aurantiaca
Madeira midwife toadFrogs (Anura)Madeira Island, PortugalAlytes obstetricans maurus
Madrean alligator lizardSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Mexico and southwestern United StatesElgaria kingii
Magnificent tree frogFrogs (Anura)AustraliaLitoria splendida
Mahogany slimy salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Eastern United StatesPlethodon wehrlei
Majorcan cave salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Mallorca Island, SpainSpeleomantes supramontis
Majorcan green toadFrogs (Anura)Mallorca, SpainBufotes viridis balearicus
Malabar caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)Western Ghats, IndiaIchthyophis malabarensis
Malabar gliding frogFrogs (Anura)Western Ghats of IndiaRhacophorus malabaricus
Malabar torrent toadFrogs (Anura)Western Ghats, IndiaGhatophryne ornata
Malagasy rainbow frogFrogs (Anura)MadagascarScaphiophryne gottlebei
Malayan bent-toed geckoSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Southeast AsiaCyrtodactylus malayanus
Malayan bullfrogFrogs (Anura)Malaysia and IndonesiaKaloula pulchra
Malayan flying frogFrogs (Anura)Malaysia and surrounding regionsRhacophorus prominanus
Malayan gastrothecaFrogs (Anura)Southeast AsiaMegophrys malaianum
Malayan leaf frogFrogs (Anura)Malaysia and surrounding regionsMegophrys nasuta
Malayan leaf-litter frogFrogs (Anura)Malaysia and surrounding regionsLeptobrachella mjobergi
Malayan wart frogFrogs (Anura)Malaysia and IndonesiaLimnonectes kuhlii
Malaysian dwarf toadFrogs (Anura)MalaysiaPelophryne brevipes
Malaysian horned frogFrogs (Anura)Malaysia, Indonesia, and other parts of Southeast AsiaMegophrys nasuta
Mallorca shovelnose salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Mallorca, SpainHydromantes genei
Mallorcan midwife toadFrogs (Anura)Mallorca, SpainAlytes muletensis
Manaus slender-legged tree frogFrogs (Anura)BrazilOsteocephalus taurinus
Mandarin salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)ChinaTylototriton shanjing
Maned rocket frogFrogs (Anura)South AmericaAllobates femoralis
Mangrove saltmarsh snakeSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Gulf and Atlantic coasts of United StatesNerodia clarkii
Manila caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)PhilippinesIchthyophis mindanaoensis
Manitoba toadFrogs (Anura)Central North AmericaAnaxyrus hemiophrys
Mantella frogFrogs (Anura)Rainforests of MadagascarMantella spp.
Mantella laevigataFrogs (Anura)MadagascarMantella laevigata
MantidactylusFrogs (Anura)MadagascarMantidactylus grandidieri
Mao Korean frogFrogs (Anura)KoreaRana nigromaculata
Marañón poison frogFrogs (Anura)PeruExcidobates mysteriosus
Marbled balloon frogFrogs (Anura)AfricaBreviceps adspersus
Marbled caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)South AmericaRhinatrema bivittatum
Marbled clawed frogFrogs (Anura)AfricaXenopus calcaratus
Marbled dwarf frogFrogs (Anura)AfricaPhrynobatrachus marmoratus
Marbled lung salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Southeastern United StatesAmbystoma opacum
Marbled newtSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Mediterranean regions of France, Portugal, and SpainTriturus marmoratus
Marbled pygmy frogFrogs (Anura)AustraliaCrinia signifera
Marbled reed frogFrogs (Anura)Sub-Saharan AfricaHyperolius marmoratus
Marbled reed toadFrogs (Anura)South AmericaTrachycephalus jordani
Marbled rubber frogFrogs (Anura)Central and South AmericaPhrynohyas resinifictrix
Marbled salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Forests and woodlands in eastern United StatesAmbystoma opacum
Marbled sticky frogFrogs (Anura)AustraliaLimnodynastes convexiusculus
Marbled toadFrogs (Anura)EuropeBufo bufo marmoratus
Margaritifer caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)SeychellesGrandisonia margaritifer
Marmot tree frogFrogs (Anura)ChinaRhacophorus dugritei
Marsh brown frogFrogs (Anura)EurasiaRana arvalis
Marsh frogFrogs (Anura)Wetlands across Europe and parts of AsiaPelophylax ridibundus
Marsh snakeSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Southern AsiaHerpeton tentaculatum
Marsupial frogFrogs (Anura)South AmericaGastrotheca marsupiata
Masked tree frogFrogs (Anura)Central and South AmericaSmilisca phaeota
Mato Grosso caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)BrazilSiphonops paulensis
Matschie's tree frogFrogs (Anura)Papua New Guinea and IndonesiaLitoria matschiei
Maud Island frogFrogs (Anura)Maud Island, New ZealandLeiopelma pakeka
Maud Island leiopelmaFrogs (Anura)Maud Island, New ZealandLeiopelma hamiltoni
Mawson's frogFrogs (Anura)AustraliaGeocrinia mawsoni
Mazatlan narrow-mouthed toadFrogs (Anura)MexicoHypopachus variolosus
Mbulu caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)TanzaniaBoulengerula uluguruensis
McMahon's frogFrogs (Anura)AustraliaLimnodynastes convexiusculus
Mediterranean painted frogFrogs (Anura)Mediterranean regionDiscoglossus pictus
MelanobatrachusFrogs (Anura)Western Ghats, IndiaMelanobatrachus indicus
Merida's salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)VenezuelaBolitoglossa meridensis
Mertens' water monitorSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Northern AustraliaVaranus mertensi
Mestizo river turtleTurtles (Testudines)Central and South AmericaRhinoclemmys pulcherrima
Mexican axolotlSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Lake Xochimilco and adjacent areas in Mexico City, MexicoAmbystoma mexicanum
Mexican blind salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Caves in northeastern MexicoChiropterotriton mosaueri
Mexican bromeliad salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)MexicoChiropterotriton multidentatus
Mexican bullfrogFrogs (Anura)MexicoLithobates montezumae
Mexican burrowing caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)Mexico and GuatemalaDermophis mexicanus
Mexican burrowing toadFrogs (Anura)Central and southern Mexico to Costa RicaRhinophrynus dorsalis
Mexican caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)Mexico to NicaraguaGymnopis multiplicata
Mexican giant musk turtleTurtles (Testudines)Mexico and Central AmericaStaurotypus triporcatus
Mexican leaf frogFrogs (Anura)Central America to Northern South AmericaAgalychnis moreletii
Mexican lungless salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)MexicoPseudoeurycea leprosa
Mexican madtom jumping frogFrogs (Anura)MexicoCraugastor pygmaeus
Mexican mole salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)MexicoAmbystoma velasci
Mexican moss salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Cloud forests of MexicoNototriton adelos
Mexican spikethumb frogFrogs (Anura)MexicoPlectrohyla guatemalensis
Mexican treefrogFrogs (Anura)Mexico to Costa RicaSmilisca baudinii
Michoacan stream frogFrogs (Anura)MexicoLithobates zweifeli
Micro glassfrogFrogs (Anura)Central and South AmericaHyalinobatrachium fleischmanni
Microhylid frogFrogs (Anura)Global tropics and subtropicsMicrohylidae family
Midland brown snakeSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Eastern and central United StatesStoreria dekayi
Midwife toadFrogs (Anura)Western Europe including Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, and parts of GermanyAlytes obstetricans
Mihintale slender toadFrogs (Anura)Sri LankaBufo atukoralei
Mindanao bubble-nest frogFrogs (Anura)PhilippinesPhilautus acutirostris
Mindanao fanged frogFrogs (Anura)PhilippinesLimnonectes magnus
Mindanao horned frogFrogs (Anura)Mindanao Island, PhilippinesMegophrys stejnegeri
Mindanao pygmy toadFrogs (Anura)Mindanao Island, PhilippinesPelophryne mindanaoensis
Mindanao torrent frogFrogs (Anura)PhilippinesSanguirana everetti
Mindoro narrow-mouthed frogFrogs (Anura)Mindoro Island, PhilippinesKaloula kokacii
Mindoro rice frogFrogs (Anura)Mindoro Island, PhilippinesMicrohyla mindorensis
Mindoro stream frogFrogs (Anura)Mindoro Island, PhilippinesRana macrodactyla
Mindoro tree frogFrogs (Anura)Mindoro Island, PhilippinesPhilautus schmackeri
Minshan's mustache toadFrogs (Anura)ChinaLeptobrachium boringii
Minute tree frogFrogs (Anura)Southeast AsiaMicrohyla perparva
Mississippi gopher frogFrogs (Anura)Southeastern United States, primarily MississippiLithobates sevosus
Mitchell's rainbow frogFrogs (Anura)AustraliaLitoria mitchelli
Mitchell's rainforest snailSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)AustraliaThersites mitchellae
Miura's giant salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)JapanAndrias japonicus
Mole caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)IndiaGegeneophis ramaswamii
Mole salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Eastern and central United StatesAmbystoma talpoideum
Mole salamandersSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)North AmericaAmbystomatidae family
Mole-like caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)AfricaBoulengerula taitana
Mole-like shovelnose salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Western North AmericaAneides flavipunctatus
Mona robber frogFrogs (Anura)Puerto RicoEleutherodactylus monensis
Mongolian toadFrogs (Anura)Mongolia, Russia, ChinaStrauchbufo raddei
Montane brown frogFrogs (Anura)East AsiaRana ornativentris
Montane tree toadFrogs (Anura)IndonesiaPedostibes hosii
Montane water frogFrogs (Anura)Southeast AsiaOdorrana graminea
Montenegro crested newtSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Balkans, MontenegroTriturus macedonicus
Monterey ensatinaSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Pacific coast of North AmericaEnsatina eschscholtzii eschscholtzii
Monteverde salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Costa RicaBolitoglossa subpalmata
Montserrate salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)MexicoPseudoeurycea altamontana
Moonlight spotted salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)JapanHynobius nebulosus
Morafka's desert tortoiseTurtles (Testudines)Sonoran Desert in Mexico and Arizona, USAGopherus morafkai
Morato's jungle toadFrogs (Anura)BrazilRhinella dapsilis
Morelet's tree frogFrogs (Anura)Mexico to Central AmericaAgalychnis moreletii
Morelius Robber FrogFrogs (Anura)MexicoEleutherodactylus morelosensis
Mosor cave salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Dinaric Alps in CroatiaProteus anguinus parkelj
Moss salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Central America and MexicoNototriton spp.
Mossy frogFrogs (Anura)Northern VietnamTheloderma corticale
Mottled caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)South AmericaSiphonops annulatus
Mount Gangan slender-legged tree frogFrogs (Anura)Sierra LeoneLeptopelis occidentalis
Mount Iberia eleuthFrogs (Anura)CubaEleutherodactylus iberia
Mount Kinabalu torrent frogFrogs (Anura)Mount Kinabalu, BorneoMeristogenys kinabaluensis
Mount Koghis caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)New CaledoniaCaecilia kohtaoensis
Mount Lyell alpine frogFrogs (Anura)Tasmania, AustraliaPhiloria frosti
Mount Lyell salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Sierra Nevada mountains in California, USAHydromantes platycephalus
Mount Ngoc Linh crocodile newtSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)VietnamTylototriton vietnamensis
Mount Nimba viviparous toadFrogs (Anura)Mount Nimba region of West AfricaNimbaphrynoides occidentalis
Mount Peña Nevada salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)MexicoChiropterotriton cracens
Mountain black-spectacled toadFrogs (Anura)ChinaDuttaphrynus melanostictus
Mountain chicken frogFrogs (Anura)Caribbean islands of Dominica and MontserratLeptodactylus fallax
Mountain dusky salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Appalachian Mountains, USADesmognathus ochrophaeus
Mountain spadefoot toadFrogs (Anura)Mountains of western North AmericaSpea multiplicata
Mountain stream salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)North AmericaDesmognathus monticola
Mountain yellow-legged frogFrogs (Anura)Sierra Nevada and mountains of Southern California, USARana muscosa
Mountain yellowlegs frogFrogs (Anura)Western United StatesRana muscosa
Moustached toadFrogs (Anura)Southeast AsiaLeptobrachium hasseltii
Moustached toadletFrogs (Anura)Eastern AustraliaUperoleia littlejohni
Moustached warty frogFrogs (Anura)PhilippinesLimnonectes macrocephalus
Mozambique caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)Mozambique and surrounding regions in AfricaScolecomorphus kirkii
Mozambique rain frogFrogs (Anura)Southeastern AfricaBreviceps mossambicus
MudpuppySalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Eastern North AmericaNecturus maculosus
Muir's smooth salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)Oregon, United StatesBatrachoseps campi
Murray River tortoiseTurtles (Testudines)Murray-Darling river system, AustraliaEmydura macquarii
Mustache toadFrogs (Anura)Southeast AsiaLeptobrachium hasseltii
Muzquiz salamanderSalamanders and Newts (Caudata)MexicoChiropterotriton mosaueri
Myanmar caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)MyanmarIchthyophis multicolor
Mysore night frogFrogs (Anura)Western Ghats, IndiaNyctibatrachus mysoriensis
Müller's clawed frogFrogs (Anura)Sub-Saharan AfricaXenopus muelleri
Müllerian caecilianCaecilians (Gymnophiona)South AmericaCaecilia tentaculata

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