Amphibians beginning with G

Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander - The Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland.

Garden Slender Salamander - The Garden Slender Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is found in Mexico and the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss. It eats worms of many types and crawling bugs of lesser size, such as pill bugs.

Garo hill tree toad - The species is known from only its type series collected "above Tura" at 2500 feet in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya. Little is know about the population and status. The species is arboreal and probably breeds in streams in semi-evergreen forests.

Georgetown Salamander - Its natural habitats are freshwater springs and inland karsts. It is threatened by habitat loss. Many of the springs where this species formerly lived have been destroyed by development. The name of the species refers to the few remaining remnants of habitat for this species.

Giant Banjo Frog, Giant Bullfrog, Great Bullfrog - The Giant Banjo Frog, Giant Bullfrog, or Great Bullfrog is a species of frog in the Limnodynastidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, water storage areas, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Giant barred frog - This is Australia's second largest species of frog reaching a maximum size of about 120mm. This frog is normally dark brown on the dorsal surface with some spots of variable size in a darker colour. The upper half of the iris is golden in colour, with the bottom half being darker, a thin dark stripe runs from the snout, through the eye, and down past the tympanum. There is a dark triangle shape on the end of the snout starting from the nostril, with a paler triangle present behind it stretching to the eye. The legs are very strongly barred and the toes are fully webbed. The thighs and side are pale yellowish in colour with many darker spots also present in this area. The underbelly is white.

Giant ditch frog - The Giant Ditch Frog is terrestrial and nocturnal. The adults are 16 cm long.

Giant tree frog - The White-lipped Tree Frog can reach a length of over 13 centimeters . Females are larger than males, and the males usually reach only 10 centimetres . Its dorsal surface is usually bright green, although the colour changes depending on the temperature and background, and can be brown. The ventral surface is off-white. The lower lip has a distinctive white stripe which continues to the shoulder. There are white stripes on the trailing edges of the lower leg, which may turn pink in the breeding male. The White-lipped Tree Frog has large toe pads, which aid it to climb. The toes are completely webbed, and the hands partially webbed.

Giant visayan frog - The Giant Visayan Frog is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Glandular frog - The Glandular Frog or New England Tree Frog is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, temperate shrubland, rivers, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Glandular Toadlet - The Glandular Toadlet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, and canals and ditches.

Glauert’s Froglet - The Glauert's Froglet is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, shrub-dominated wetlands, swamps, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens, water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, wastewater treatment areas, and introduced vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Gliding Treefrog - The Gliding Tree Frog is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Globular Frog, Indistinct Frog, Lesser Balloon Frog, Marbled Balloon Frog - Uperodon systoma is a species of narrow-mouthed frog found in India.

Gold-striped salamander - The Gold-Striped Salamander, Golden-Striped Salamander, Saramaganta or Píntega Rabilonga is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is the only member of the genus Chioglossa. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, inland karsts, caves, and subterranean habitats . It is threatened by habitat loss.

Golden Banana Frog - The Golden Banana Frog or Golden Dwarf Reed Frog is a species of frog in the Hyperoliidae family. It is found in Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and possibly Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, swamps, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Golden coqui - Golden coquís are roughly 3/4 inch long and are olive-gold to yellow-gold without pattern. The juveniles resemble adults.

Golden Crossband Frog, Anderson's Frog, Yunnan Odorous Frog - Odorrana andersonii is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, rivers, arable land, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

Golden frog - As suggested by the name, the Golden Mantella has an aqua/chartruse dorsal surface. The ventral surface is yellow in females, and a lighter yellow in the males. The inside of the thigh occasionally exhibits bright red colouring. These frogs are small, reaching a size of 2.5 centimetres in length. The tympanum is visible, but small. Their brightly colored skin warns their predators that they are very poisonous.

Golden poison frog - P. terribilis can reach a size of 5 cm in adulthood. The adults are brightly colored, without dark spots. The frog's color pattern is aposematic . The frog has tiny adhesive disks in its toes which aid climbing of plants. It also has a bone plate in the lower jaw, which gives the frog the appearance of having teeth, a distinctive feature not observed in the other species of Phyllobates. The frog is normally diurnal . Phyllobates terribilis occurs in three different color varieties or morphs:

Golden toad - The golden toad was a small, shiny, bright true toad that was once abundant in a small region of high-altitude cloud-covered tropical forests, about 30 square kilometers in area, above the city of Monteverde, Costa Rica. For this reason, it is sometimes also called the Monteverde golden toad, or the Monte Verde toad. Other common English names include Alajuela toad and orange toad. They were first described in 1966 by the herpetologist Jay Savage. Its sudden extinction is cited as part of the decline in amphibian populations, which may be attributable to a fungal epidemic specific to amphibians or other factors, combined or acting independently.

Goldfield’s Bull Frog, Wilsmore’s Frog - The Goldfield's Bull Frog or Wilsmore's Frog is a species of frog in the Limnodynastidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, hot deserts, and temperate desert.

Golfodulcean poison frog - The Golfodulcean Poison Frog is a species of frog in the Dendrobatidae family. It is endemic to Costa Rica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Goliath frog - The goliath frog can live up to 15 years.Goliath frogs eat largely crabs, but will also eat insects and smaller frogs. These frogs have acute hearing but no vocal sac, and additionally lack nuptial pads.

Granular salamander - The Granular Salamander or Ajolote is a species of mole salamander in the Ambystomatidae family. It is found only in Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss and overcropping along with the scaling of their skins.

Gray treefrog - It is sometimes referred to as the Eastern Gray Treefrog or Common Gray Treefrog or Tetraploid Gray Treefrog in order to distinguish it from its more southern genetically disparate cousin, the Cope's Gray Treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis. It may sometimes be referred to as the North American Tree Frog by Europeans in order to distinguish it from their European Tree Frog, Hyla arborea.

Gray's Stream Frog - The Gray's Stream Frog is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Lesotho, Saint Helena, South Africa, Swaziland, possibly Botswana, and possibly Namibia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, coastal freshwater lagoons, arable land, pastureland, plantations , rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, and canals and ditches.

Graybelly Salamander - Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, freshwater springs, inland karsts, and caves.

Great Barred-frog, Great Barred River-frog - The Great Barred Frog reaches a size of 8 centimeters, and has large, powerful legs. It has a dark brown dorsal surface, and a white ventral surface. The thighs are yellow blotched with black, and it has parallel black bars along the legs. A dark line begins at the snout, passes through the eye, over the tympanum, and bends down behind the tympanum. Its feet are fully webbed, and hands completely un-webbed. Its eyes are on top of the head, and the tympanum is visible.

Great Brown Brood-frog, Large Toadlet, Major Brood-frog - It is a relatively large species for its genus reaching about 40 mm in length, making it the largest Australian "toadlet". It is normally red-brown on the back with darker marbling and scattered warts and ridges. There is often a red mid-dorsal stripe present. There is a golden yellow patch in the armpits and the side and arms are bluish grey. The ventral surface is dark brown or black with yellowish white marbling. Its snout is relatively sharp.

Great piebald horned toad - The Great Piebald Horned Toad is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Great Plains Toad - The great plains toad is grey, brown, and green in color, with darker colored blotching. It can grow to anywhere between 2 to 4.5 inches in length. Its primary diet is various species of cutworms. It prefers grassland habitat with loose soil that is easy to burrow in. Breeding occurs throughout the spring and summer months, most often immediately after heavy rainfall. In dry areas it may only emerge from its burrow for a few weeks when conditions are right, and only at night, but in areas with permanent water bodies and abundant rain it may be active all day. It has a very loud, harsh mating call.

Greater siren - Younger sirens also have a light stripe along their side, which fades with age. They have large gills and no hind legs. The front legs, each with four toes, are so small that they can be hidden in the gills. S. lacertina are generally carnivorous and eats annelids, insects, snails, and small fishes, although they have also been observed to eat vegetation. They use a lateral line sense organ for finding prey. There is some debate over whether it is a true salamander.

Green and gold frog - The Growling Grass Frog is a very large ground-dwelling tree frog up to 10 cm from snout to vent. It is a mottled bright green and bronze colour above, often with dark brown enameled bumps. It has a pale cream underside, with a faint cobbling pattern. There is a pale stripe running from the side of the head down the flanks as a skin fold. The thighs are blue-green in colour.

Green and golden bell frog - Many populations, particularly in the Sydney region, inhabit areas of frequent disturbance, such as golf courses, disused industrial land, brick pits and landfill areas. Though once one of the most common frogs in south-east Australia, the Green and Golden Bell Frog has endured major declines in population, leading to its current classification as globally vulnerable. Its numbers have continued to decline and are threatened by habitat loss and degradation, pollution, introduced species, and parasites and pathogens, including the chytrid .

Green and red venter harlequin toad - The Green And Red Venter Harlequin Toad or Sapito Arlequin De Pinango is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, and intermittent rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Green bromeliad frog - The Green Bromeliad Frog is a species of frog in the Hylidae family. It is endemic to Jamaica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Green mantella - The green mantella is a small frog. Males are 22-25 mm, females 25-30 mm. The species is common in the pet trade as a vivarium species.

Green Reed Frog, Northern Dwarf Tree Frog - The Northern Dwarf Tree Frog is small slender tree frog growing up to 30 mm in length. The dorsal surface is green and is bordered by a bronze stripe that runs along the flanks, from the shoulder to the groin. There is a white stripe that runs along the upper lip to the base of the arm and may continue on to the groin. The belly is granular and white or pale yellow. The iris is golden and the tympanum is distinct. There is orange in the groin and thigh. The fingers have a trace of webbing and the toes are half to three-quarters webbed.

Green salamander - the green salamander is very cool looking i love the green salamander it makes me all warm inside. and thats a fact .There are only 100 in existence. oj simson is also guilty muhahahaha!!!

Green tree frog - The habitat of American green tree frogs is usually near lakes, farm ponds, floodplain sloughs, cattail marshes, or bald cypress swamps. They inhabit the southeastern United States and some areas to the north and west, including all of Florida, southern Georgia, Louisiana, Delaware, eastern Maryland and Virginia, eastern North and South Carolina, eastern Texas, and areas extending along the Mississippi Valley to southern Illinois. They may possibly inhabit northeastern Mexico. They are also known to inhabit Vancouver Island in British Columbia in Canada.

Green-eyed Treefrog, New Guinea Tree Frog - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, rivers, intermittent rivers, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, and heavily degraded former forest. It is threatened by habitat loss and chytridiomycosis.

Green-thighed frog - The Green Thighed Frog is native to the east coast of Australia. Their range stretches from Cordalba State Forest in south-eastern Queensland to Ourimbah in New South Wales; however within this area populations area severely fragmented. There are several records from Darkes Forest, south of Sydney, but these are erroneous. Numbers have decreased at Ourimbah but there have been no record of declines or disappearances elsewhere. It is believed that they occupy an area of less than 500km2; this has led to them being listed as endangered on the IUCN RedList of Threatened Species

Greenhouse frog - Eleutherodactylus casparii is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is endemic to Cuba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations , rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, and introduced vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Gregarious slender salamander - The Gregarious Slender Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family. It is endemic to the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland.

Grey Foam-nest Treefrog - The Grey Foam-nest Treefrog or Southern Foam-nest Treefrog is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo, and possibly Somalia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches.

Ground coqui - The Bronze Coqui, Richmond's Coqui, Coquí Caoba, or Coquí De Richmond is a species of frog in the Leptodactylidae family. It is endemic to Puerto Rico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Guacamayo plump toad - The Guacamayo Plump Toad or Sapo De Guacamayo is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Guangxi warty newt - The Guangxi Warty Newt is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family. It is found only in China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Guayaquil dwarf frog - When mating, the male frog centers himself atop the female to do rhythmic mixing of a foam-producing solvent released by the female to generate a floating foam nest. The foam nests are resistant bio-foams that protect the fertilized eggs from dehydration, sunlight, temperature, and potential pathogens until the tadpoles hatch. The nest degrades when the the tadpoles leave after about four days, otherwise the nest can last for up to two weeks.

Guiana Shield Frog - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and rivers.

Guibé'S Mantella - The Guibé's Mantella is a species of frog in the Mantellidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Guinea Snout-burrower - The Guinea Snout-burrower is a species of frog in the Hemisotidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, possibly Botswana, possibly Burundi, possibly Central African Republic, possibly Gambia, possibly Malawi, possibly Namibia, possibly Niger, possibly Rwanda, possibly Sudan, and possibly Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches.

Gulf coast waterdog - Gulf coast waterdogs grow to lengths of 6-8.5 inches and are an overall brown in color, with lighter brown and black speckling. Due to their entirely aquatic nature, their legs are short, with four-toed feet. They have external gills, which look like feathery appendages on either side of their heads. They have a paddle-shaped, flattened tail.

Gulf Hammock Dwarf Siren - The Northern Dwarf Siren is the smallest siren known at only 4-9 7/8" . Like other members of the Sirenidae the Northern Dwarf Siren is aquatic and gilled throughout its life. Being slender and almost eel-like it is noticeable because of the light stripes on its side compared to the brown or light grey dorsum. The siren has only one gill slit, a finned tail , costal grooves, and three toes on each of the two front feet. They are very secretive and dwell among water hyacinth roots and amid debris at pond bottoms. They feed on tiny invertebrates and during droughts encase themselves in mud beneath the pond bottom. When handled or caught they make faint yelping noises.