Frogs in Iowa

Iowa is home to several species of frog.

The only poisonous frog native to Iowa is the pickerel frog.

Frogs and Toads of Iowa

Tree Frogs and Their Allies

• Blanchard’s Cricket Frog
• Boreal Chorus Frog
• Cope’s Gray Treefrog
• Gray Treefrog
• Western Chorus Frog

True Frogs

• American Bullfrog
• Crawfish Frog
• Green Frog
• Northern Leopard Frog
• Pickerel Frog
• Plains Leopard Frog
• Southern Leopard Frog
• Spring Peeper

True Toads

• American Toad
• Fowler’s Toad
• Great Plains Toad 
• Woodhouse’s Toad         

Spadefoot Toads

• Plains Spadefoot Toad