Amphibian Coloring Pages (Free PDF Printables)

By: Papaya Ink Team · Last updated: October 21, 2026

Amphibian means "double life", and that is the whole story of the group: frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and the axolotl all start out as gilled creatures in the water and most of them finish as air-breathing animals on land. Their thin, damp skin can drink and breathe, which is why you find them in wet leaf litter, on rain-soaked branches and at the edge of every pond, and why they are among the first animals to disappear when a stream gets dirty. These amphibian coloring pages are drawn as real species, not cartoons, and every sheet carries the animal's name in big letters, so a finished page doubles as a field guide card. Here the familiar voices of American ponds and backyards share the page with rainforest celebrities from around the world, from Amazon tree frogs to gliders of Borneo.

Every page is a single-sheet PDF: click a picture and it opens in a new tab, ready to download or print. The sheets are sized for US Letter paper, print cleanly on A4, and use bold, closed outlines that hold up to markers as well as colored pencils. If you plan to use markers or a wet brush, print on heavier paper so nothing bleeds through to the table.

Amphibians are a gift to anyone who likes to color from life, because the real palettes are wild: leaf greens next to orange toes, lichen grays, lemon-yellow spots on inky black, and eyes that come in gold, copper, silver and red. Each caption below tells you the true colors of that species, so you can match a photo or go your own way. One trick works on all of them: amphibian skin is always a little wet, so leave a thin sliver of white along the top of the head and back, and the animal will look alive on the page.

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Amphibian Coloring Pages - The red-eyed tree frog is the star of every rainforest poster. By day it sleeps flat on a leaf, lids shut, so a bird sees only green; disturbed, it flashes that red stare and escapes. Leaf-green body, blue and cream flanks, orange feet. — The red-eyed tree frog is the star of every rainforest poster. By day it sleeps flat on a leaf, lids shut, so a bird sees only green; disturbed, it flashes that red stare and escapes. Leaf-green body, blue and cream flanks, orange feet.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The Amazon milk frog lives so high in the canopy that its tadpoles develop in rainwater pooled inside hollow trunks. The milk is a sticky white fluid it oozes when grabbed. Pale blue-gray with chocolate bands, gold eyes with a black cross. — The Amazon milk frog lives so high in the canopy that its tadpoles develop in rainwater pooled inside hollow trunks. The milk is a sticky white fluid it oozes when grabbed. Pale blue-gray with chocolate bands, gold eyes with a black cross.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - North America's biggest frog, the American bullfrog will swallow mice, snakes and other frogs. The round disc behind the eye is the eardrum; larger than the eye marks a male. Olive on top, creamy belly, a yellow throat if he is a he. — North America's biggest frog, the American bullfrog will swallow mice, snakes and other frogs. The round disc behind the eye is the eardrum; larger than the eye marks a male. Olive on top, creamy belly, a yellow throat if he is a he.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Georgia and Louisiana both made the American green tree frog their state amphibian, and its cowbell call rings through southern swamps on summer nights. Keep the white stripe along the lip and side clean, then fill the rest with pure lime green. — Georgia and Louisiana both made the American green tree frog their state amphibian, and its cowbell call rings through southern swamps on summer nights. Keep the white stripe along the lip and side clean, then fill the rest with pure lime green.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - An axolotl is a salamander that never grows up: it keeps feathery gills and an underwater life forever, and can regrow a whole lost leg. Wild ones, from canals near Mexico City, are olive with gold flecks; the pink pet kind has red gills. — An axolotl is a salamander that never grows up: it keeps feathery gills and an underwater life forever, and can regrow a whole lost leg. Wild ones, from canals near Mexico City, are olive with gold flecks; the pink pet kind has red gills.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Stout and barrel-shaped, the barking tree frog ranks as the largest native tree frog in the United States, and it calls with hollow barks, a pack of small dogs in the treetops. Grass green with darker round spots, cream belly. Detailed. — Stout and barrel-shaped, the barking tree frog ranks as the largest native tree frog in the United States, and it calls with hollow barks, a pack of small dogs in the treetops. Grass green with darker round spots, cream belly. Detailed.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Toe pads the size of buttons, warty hide, and skin fused to the top of its skull: the Cuban tree frog reached Florida about a century ago and now eats smaller frogs there. Cream, olive or warm brown, with faint darker blotches. Detailed. — Toe pads the size of buttons, warty hide, and skin fused to the top of its skull: the Cuban tree frog reached Florida about a century ago and now eats smaller frogs there. Cream, olive or warm brown, with faint darker blotches. Detailed.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Lichen camouflage: the gray tree frog wears gray and green patches that vanish on bark. Hidden inside each thigh is a flash of yellow-orange it shows only mid-jump. Soft grays and mossy greens on top, and save the orange for the legs. Detailed. — Lichen camouflage: the gray tree frog wears gray and green patches that vanish on bark. Hidden inside each thigh is a flash of yellow-orange it shows only mid-jump. Soft grays and mossy greens on top, and save the orange for the legs. Detailed.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - A green frog's call sounds exactly like a loose banjo string being plucked. Two raised ridges running down the back tell it apart from a young bullfrog. Bright green lip and face, bronze-brown body, scattered dark spots. — A green frog's call sounds exactly like a loose banjo string being plucked. Two raised ridges running down the back tell it apart from a young bullfrog. Bright green lip and face, bronze-brown body, scattered dark spots.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Vermont's state amphibian, the northern leopard frog wears oval spots that each carry a pale ring. In summer it wanders far from water through tall grass, which is why old farm books call it the meadow frog. Green or tan base, dark brown spots. — Vermont's state amphibian, the northern leopard frog wears oval spots that each carry a pale ring. In summer it wanders far from water through tall grass, which is why old farm books call it the meadow frog. Green or tan base, dark brown spots.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Whenever a movie frog says "ribbit", you are hearing the Pacific tree frog, the one species that really makes that sound. A dark bandit mask runs through both eyes. It shifts from green to brown within hours, so both are correct. — Whenever a movie frog says "ribbit", you are hearing the Pacific tree frog, the one species that really makes that sound. A dark bandit mask runs through both eyes. It shifts from green to brown within hours, so both are correct.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Snakes usually pass on the pickerel frog: its skin is toxic enough to make other frogs sick. The squarish spots sit in two tidy rows from head to rump. Golden tan with brown spots, plus bright yellow on the hidden parts of the hind legs. — Snakes usually pass on the pickerel frog: its skin is toxic enough to make other frogs sick. The squarish spots sit in two tidy rows from head to rump. Golden tan with brown spots, plus bright yellow on the hidden parts of the hind legs.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Most of the year the spotted salamander hides underground. On the first warm, rainy night of spring, thousands march at once to the same woodland pools. Inky blue-black all over; color the two rows of spots lemon yellow last. — Most of the year the spotted salamander hides underground. On the first warm, rainy night of spring, thousands march at once to the same woodland pools. Inky blue-black all over; color the two rows of spots lemon yellow last.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Smaller than a thumbnail, yet a pondful of spring peepers can be heard from a car with the windows closed. Look for the rough dark X on its back, the surest field mark. Warm tan or pinkish brown, X and leg bands darker. — Smaller than a thumbnail, yet a pondful of spring peepers can be heard from a car with the windows closed. Look for the rough dark X on its back, the surest field mark. Warm tan or pinkish brown, X and leg bands darker.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Every bump and spine helps the Vietnamese mossy frog pass for a clump of moss on a wet cave wall. Pick it up and it curls into a ball and plays dead. Mottle it moss green, black and rust; small slips vanish. Detailed. — Every bump and spine helps the Vietnamese mossy frog pass for a clump of moss on a wet cave wall. Pick it up and it curls into a ball and plays dead. Mottle it moss green, black and rust; small slips vanish. Detailed.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Named for the naturalist who collected it in Borneo, Wallace's flying frog spreads huge webbed feet and glides up to fifty feet between trees. Paint it vivid green with yellow sides and black webbing, which its Latin name nigropalmatus means. — Named for the naturalist who collected it in Borneo, Wallace's flying frog spreads huge webbed feet and glides up to fifty feet between trees. Paint it vivid green with yellow sides and black webbing, which its Latin name nigropalmatus means.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The waxy monkey frog climbs hand over hand instead of hopping, and wipes wax from its own skin over its whole body to survive the dry sun of the South American Chaco. Flat leaf green on top, white belly, silver iris with a vertical pupil. — The waxy monkey frog climbs hand over hand instead of hopping, and wipes wax from its own skin over its whole body to survive the dry sun of the South American Chaco. Flat leaf green on top, white belly, silver iris with a vertical pupil.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Triseriata, the scientific label of the western chorus frog, means three rows: the dark stripes down its back. It sings like a thumb dragged along the teeth of a comb. Tan, gray or olive, with the stripes and mask in dark brown. — Triseriata, the scientific label of the western chorus frog, means three rows: the dark stripes down its back. It sings like a thumb dragged along the teeth of a comb. Tan, gray or olive, with the stripes and mask in dark brown.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Australia's famously calm White's tree frog has a fatty ridge above the eyes that looks like a sleepy half-smile. Its Latin name means blue: the first preserved specimen faded from green to blue in its jar. Blue-green or teal, white belly. — Australia's famously calm White's tree frog has a fatty ridge above the eyes that looks like a sleepy half-smile. Its Latin name means blue: the first preserved specimen faded from green to blue in its jar. Blue-green or teal, white belly.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The wood frog is the only North American frog found north of the Arctic Circle. In winter it freezes solid, heart stopped, and thaws out in spring as if nothing happened. Rusty brown or tan, the mask behind each eye nearly black. — The wood frog is the only North American frog found north of the Arctic Circle. In winter it freezes solid, heart stopped, and thaws out in spring as if nothing happened. Rusty brown or tan, the mask behind each eye nearly black.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - When the rain pool starts to dry, the male African bullfrog digs a canal through the mud to lead his tadpoles to deeper water, and bites anything that gets in the way. Olive green with cream ridges and a yellow-orange throat. — When the rain pool starts to dry, the male African bullfrog digs a canal through the mud to lead his tadpoles to deeper water, and bites anything that gets in the way. Olive green with cream ridges and a yellow-orange throat.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - No tongue, no problem. The fully aquatic African clawed frog shovels food in with its hands and shreds it with the black claws on its hind toes. Olive and gray marbling on top, a creamy white underside, and inky claws. — No tongue, no problem. The fully aquatic African clawed frog shovels food in with its hands and shreds it with the black claws on its hind toes. Olive and gray marbling on top, a creamy white underside, and inky claws.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Built as a mouth with legs attached, the Argentine horned frog sinks into the leaf litter with only its eyes showing and swallows whatever wanders past, other frogs included. Bright green with red-brown blotches ringed in black. Detailed. — Built as a mouth with legs attached, the Argentine horned frog sinks into the leaf litter with only its eyes showing and swallows whatever wanders past, other frogs included. Bright green with red-brown blotches ringed in black. Detailed.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Corner a Budgett's frog in the Chaco of Paraguay and it inflates, rears up and screams, then bites for good measure. Its small eyes sit high on a head that is mostly mouth. Gray-green with darker olive spots and a pale throat. — Corner a Budgett's frog in the Chaco of Paraguay and it inflates, rears up and screams, then bites for good measure. Its small eyes sit high on a head that is mostly mouth. Gray-green with darker olive spots and a pale throat.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Barely an inch long and never rushed, the bumblebee walking toad of Argentina walks rather than hops, trusting its warning colors. Threatened, it arches its back to flash a fire-red belly and palms. Glossy black with yellow spots. Detailed. — Barely an inch long and never rushed, the bumblebee walking toad of Argentina walks rather than hops, trusting its warning colors. Threatened, it arches its back to flash a fire-red belly and palms. Glossy black with yellow spots. Detailed.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - An old story gave the dyeing poison dart frog its name: hunters were said to rub it on young parrots so their new feathers grew in yellow. Wild ones come in sky blue, yellow and black, or all three at once. — An old story gave the dyeing poison dart frog its name: hunters were said to rub it on young parrots so their new feathers grew in yellow. Wild ones come in sky blue, yellow and black, or all three at once.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Turn a glass frog over and you can watch its heart beat through the belly skin. While it sleeps, it parks most of its red blood cells in its liver to look even more see-through. Lime green on top, sprinkled with tiny yellow dots. — Turn a glass frog over and you can watch its heart beat through the belly skin. While it sleeps, it parks most of its red blood cells in its liver to look even more see-through. Lime green on top, sprinkled with tiny yellow dots.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - One of the most poisonous animals on Earth, the golden poison frog fits in a matchbox. The poison comes from insects it eats in the Colombian rainforest, so frogs raised in captivity are harmless. Solid golden yellow, or mint green for a rarer form. — One of the most poisonous animals on Earth, the golden poison frog fits in a matchbox. The poison comes from insects it eats in the Colombian rainforest, so frogs raised in captivity are harmless. Solid golden yellow, or mint green for a rarer form.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The goliath frog, biggest on Earth, can grow as heavy as a small house cat, yet it has no vocal sac and barely makes a sound. Parents roll stones aside to build nursery pools along rivers in Cameroon. Dark olive above, yellow-orange underneath. — The goliath frog, biggest on Earth, can grow as heavy as a small house cat, yet it has no vocal sac and barely makes a sound. Parents roll stones aside to build nursery pools along rivers in Cameroon. Dark olive above, yellow-orange underneath.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Shipped to Hawaii about ninety years ago to eat mosquitoes, the green-and-black poison dart frog still hops around the valleys of Oahu. Mint or emerald green with bold black bands, though some Panama frogs come in turquoise. — Shipped to Hawaii about ninety years ago to eat mosquitoes, the green-and-black poison dart frog still hops around the valleys of Oahu. Mint or emerald green with bold black bands, though some Panama frogs come in turquoise.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Here the father babysits: a male midwife toad wraps the egg strings around his hind legs, carries them for weeks, then wades into a pond the night they hatch. Gray-olive with small warts, a few tipped in orange, and a gold slit-pupil eye. — Here the father babysits: a male midwife toad wraps the egg strings around his hind legs, carries them for weeks, then wades into a pond the night they hatch. Gray-olive with small warts, a few tipped in orange, and a gold slit-pupil eye.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The purple frog spends nearly the whole year underground in the Western Ghats of India and surfaces for a few monsoon nights, so science only met it this century. The pointed snout is a termite probe. Dusky purple-gray skin, pale belly. — The purple frog spends nearly the whole year underground in the Western Ghats of India and surfaces for a few monsoon nights, so science only met it this century. The pointed snout is a termite probe. Dusky purple-gray skin, pale belly.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - As if someone tipped a can of paint over a black frog: the back of the splash-backed poison frog from the Brazilian Amazon is splashed in yellow, orange, red or, rarely, pale blue. Keep the black glossy and choose just one splash color. — As if someone tipped a can of paint over a black frog: the back of the splash-backed poison frog from the Brazilian Amazon is splashed in yellow, orange, red or, rarely, pale blue. Keep the black glossy and choose just one splash color.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Mother of the year: a strawberry poison dart frog carries each tadpole high in a tree to its own rainwater pool inside a bromeliad and returns every few days with a meal of unfertilized eggs. Strawberry red body, blue legs, nicknamed blue jeans. — Mother of the year: a strawberry poison dart frog carries each tadpole high in a tree to its own rainwater pool inside a bromeliad and returns every few days with a meal of unfertilized eggs. Strawberry red body, blue legs, nicknamed blue jeans.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - From above the Surinam horned frog is just another dead leaf on the Amazon floor, horns and all. Anything that strolls by and fits in that enormous mouth is dinner, mice and lizards included. Dry browns, tans and olive with dark stripes. Detailed. — From above the Surinam horned frog is just another dead leaf on the Amazon floor, horns and all. Anything that strolls by and fits in that enormous mouth is dinner, mice and lizards included. Dry browns, tans and olive with dark stripes. Detailed.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Flat as a fallen leaf, the Surinam toad feels for prey in murky water with star-tipped fingers. The mother carries her eggs sunk into the skin of her back, and the young climb out as finished little toads. Mud brown above, paler below. — Flat as a fallen leaf, the Surinam toad feels for prey in murky water with star-tipped fingers. The mother carries her eggs sunk into the skin of her back, and the young climb out as finished little toads. Mud brown above, paler below.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Pick a fight with a tomato frog from Madagascar and it puffs up round as a tomato, then gums up the attacker's jaws with sticky white glue. Most snakes let go. Tomato red or deep orange on top, yellowish below. — Pick a fight with a tomato frog from Madagascar and it puffs up round as a tomato, then gums up the attacker's jaws with sticky white glue. Most snakes let go. Tomato red or deep orange on top, yellowish below.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - A turtle that lost its shell, or so it seems: the turtle frog of Western Australia digs headfirst with strong forearms, and its eggs hatch underground as tiny froglets, skipping the tadpole stage. Pinkish tan all over, lighter on the chin. — A turtle that lost its shell, or so it seems: the turtle frog of Western Australia digs headfirst with strong forearms, and its eggs hatch underground as tiny froglets, skipping the tadpole stage. Pinkish tan all over, lighter on the chin.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Yellow bands on glossy black make the yellow-banded poison dart frog of Venezuela impossible to miss, which is the whole idea: the colors warn every bird it tastes terrible. In the dry season it hides in damp crevices and waits for rain. — Yellow bands on glossy black make the yellow-banded poison dart frog of Venezuela impossible to miss, which is the whole idea: the colors warn every bird it tastes terrible. In the dry season it hides in damp crevices and waits for rain.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - High mountain ponds in the Alps still hold ice in May, and the alpine newt breeds in them anyway. A courting male turns steel blue above, with a low crest barred in black and white; the underside of both sexes is plain, unspotted tangerine. — High mountain ponds in the Alps still hold ice in May, and the alpine newt breeds in them anyway. A courting male turns steel blue above, with a low crest barred in black and white; the underside of both sexes is plain, unspotted tangerine.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Jet black from nose to tail, the alpine salamander is the only one in Europe that skips the pond entirely: the female keeps her young inside for two years or more and bears a pair of fully formed babies. Glossy black with a damp sheen. — Jet black from nose to tail, the alpine salamander is the only one in Europe that skips the pond entirely: the female keeps her young inside for two years or more and bears a pair of fully formed babies. Glossy black with a damp sheen.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The American toad's trill is sweet and long, half a minute without a breath, ringing through eastern backyards on April nights. Each dark spot holds only one or two warts, which tells it from its cousins. Tan, brick red or olive, lighter beneath. — The American toad's trill is sweet and long, half a minute without a breath, ringing through eastern backyards on April nights. Each dark spot holds only one or two warts, which tells it from its cousins. Tan, brick red or olive, lighter beneath.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Every winter rain sends California newts marching back to the same streams, sometimes over roads that get closed for them. The skin carries the same poison as a pufferfish. Warm chocolate brown on the back, bright orange from chin to tail below. — Every winter rain sends California newts marching back to the same streams, sometimes over roads that get closed for them. The skin carries the same poison as a pufferfish. Warm chocolate brown on the back, bright orange from chin to tail below.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Australia imported the cane toad in the nineteen thirties to eat beetles in the sugar cane; it ignored the beetles and kept walking, and today it covers half the continent. Rough olive-brown skin, a large kidney-shaped gland behind either eye, cream belly. — Australia imported the cane toad in the nineteen thirties to eat beetles in the sugar cane; it ignored the beetles and kept walking, and today it covers half the continent. Rough olive-brown skin, a large kidney-shaped gland behind either eye, cream belly.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Three lives in one: the eastern newt is a gilled larva in the pond, then a bright orange eft roaming the forest floor for years, then an olive adult back in the water. This is the adult: olive, red spots circled in black, yellow underneath. — Three lives in one: the eastern newt is a gilled larva in the pond, then a bright orange eft roaming the forest floor for years, then an olive adult back in the water. This is the adult: olive, red spots circled in black, yellow underneath.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - A cat's eye on a toad: the eastern spadefoot has a vertical slit pupil. It digs in backward with the hard black spade on its hind feet and stays buried until heavy rain. Brown or gray with twin pale lines curving down the spine. — A cat's eye on a toad: the eastern spadefoot has a vertical slit pupil. It digs in backward with the hard black spade on its hind feet and stays buried until heavy rain. Brown or gray with twin pale lines curving down the spine.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Spring night, wet road, and a volunteer with a bucket: in many towns people carry European common toads across the street on their way to the breeding pond. It walks more than it hops. Copper eyes with a horizontal pupil, warty brown or olive skin. — Spring night, wet road, and a volunteer with a bucket: in many towns people carry European common toads across the street on their way to the breeding pond. It walks more than it hops. Copper eyes with a horizontal pupil, warty brown or olive skin.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Camouflage in reverse: the European green toad wears bold green blotches on a nearly white background, so that on gravel it vanishes. Its call is a cricket's trill that never pauses. Pale cream or gray base, grass green patches, sometimes a few red dots. — Camouflage in reverse: the European green toad wears bold green blotches on a nearly white background, so that on gravel it vanishes. Its call is a cricket's trill that never pauses. Pale cream or gray base, grass green patches, sometimes a few red dots.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Grab a fire-bellied toad and it bends backward, lifts its legs and shows off a belly like hot lava, the warning behind the name. Seen from overhead it is a different animal: vivid green with glossy black spots, red-tipped toes. — Grab a fire-bellied toad and it bends backward, lifts its legs and shows off a belly like hot lava, the warning behind the name. Seen from overhead it is a different animal: vivid green with glossy black spots, red-tipped toes.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Medieval writers swore the fire salamander was born in flames, because it crawled out of logs thrown on the fire where it had been hiding. Some have lived for decades. Deep black with lemon yellow patches or stripes, every edge crisp. — Medieval writers swore the fire salamander was born in flames, because it crawled out of logs thrown on the fire where it had been hiding. Some have lived for decades. Deep black with lemon yellow patches or stripes, every edge crisp.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Every spring the male great crested newt grows a jagged crest along his back like a tiny dragon and flashes a silver stripe on his tail during courtship dances. Nearly black and warty above, bright orange underneath with black spots. — Every spring the male great crested newt grows a jagged crest along his back like a tiny dragon and flashes a silver stripe on his tail during courtship dances. Nearly black and warty above, bright orange underneath with black spots.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The mother marbled salamander lays her eggs in a dry pool bed in autumn and curls around them for weeks until the rains come and fill it. The crossbands are silver on males, gray on females, across a chunky black body. Easy shapes, bold contrast. — The mother marbled salamander lays her eggs in a dry pool bed in autumn and curls around them for weeks until the rains come and fill it. The crossbands are silver on males, gray on females, across a chunky black body. Easy shapes, bold contrast.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - A balloon with a pointed nose, the Mexican burrowing toad is built for tunneling after termites. It spends years underground and surfaces when desert storms fill the hollows, singing a loud whoa that rolls for a mile. Dark purple-brown, orange stripe over the backbone. — A balloon with a pointed nose, the Mexican burrowing toad is built for tunneling after termites. It spends years underground and surfaces when desert storms fill the hollows, singing a loud whoa that rolls for a mile. Dark purple-brown, orange stripe over the backbone.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Short legs mean the natterjack toad runs instead of hopping, hence its nickname, running toad. A male chorus of rasping calls from the sand dunes travels for miles on a still night. Olive brown with darker bumps and a thin yellow line along its length. — Short legs mean the natterjack toad runs instead of hopping, hence its nickname, running toad. A male chorus of rasping calls from the sand dunes travels for miles on a still night. Olive brown with darker bumps and a thin yellow line along its length.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Summer thunderstorms wake the New Mexico spadefoot from the desert floor, and its tadpoles race to become toads before the puddle dries, sometimes in two weeks. Handle one and it smells like peanuts. Greenish gray with rust-colored warts and a golden iris. — Summer thunderstorms wake the New Mexico spadefoot from the desert floor, and its tadpoles race to become toads before the puddle dries, sometimes in two weeks. Handle one and it smells like peanuts. Greenish gray with rust-colored warts and a golden iris.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Small enough to sit on a quarter, the oak toad is North America's tiniest. It chirps like a lost chick, heard by day in southern pine woods. Gray brown with dark patches, a light stripe up the middle and orange warts. — Small enough to sit on a quarter, the oak toad is North America's tiniest. It chirps like a lost chick, heard by day in southern pine woods. Gray brown with dark patches, a light stripe up the middle and orange warts.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Few animals in North America carry more poison than the rough-skinned newt, and the garter snakes that eat it keep evolving stronger resistance in a biological arms race. Grainy dark brown on top, with an underside as orange as a traffic cone. — Few animals in North America carry more poison than the rough-skinned newt, and the garter snakes that eat it keep evolving stronger resistance in a biological arms race. Grainy dark brown on top, with an underside as orange as a traffic cone.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Cold, fast mountain streams are home to the tailed frog, so loud that no call could be heard, and it has no voice of its own. Its tadpoles hold onto rocks with a suction-cup mouth. Mottled olive, brown and tan to match wet stones. — Cold, fast mountain streams are home to the tailed frog, so loud that no call could be heard, and it has no voice of its own. Its tadpoles hold onto rocks with a suction-cup mouth. Mottled olive, brown and tan to match wet stones.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Among the largest land salamanders in North America, long as a dinner plate is wide, the tiger salamander is the state amphibian of Illinois. It lives in burrows and comes out on rainy nights. Glossy black with bold yellow bars and blotches. — Among the largest land salamanders in North America, long as a dinner plate is wide, the tiger salamander is the state amphibian of Illinois. It lives in burrows and comes out on rainy nights. Glossy black with bold yellow bars and blotches.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Oak trees are its apartment block: the arboreal salamander climbs them, squeaks when handled and has jaws strong enough to leave a mark. On hot California days it hides in tree holes and under bark. Rich chocolate brown with scattered yellow spots, cream beneath. — Oak trees are its apartment block: the arboreal salamander climbs them, squeaks when handled and has jaws strong enough to leave a mark. On hot California days it hides in tree holes and under bark. Rich chocolate brown with scattered yellow spots, cream beneath.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - No legs, barely any eyes, and grooves ringing the body like an earthworm, yet Boulenger's caecilian of East Africa is an amphibian, kin to frogs and newts. It hunts worms and termites in forest soil. Slate blue-gray with paler grooves between the rings. — No legs, barely any eyes, and grooves ringing the body like an earthworm, yet Boulenger's caecilian of East Africa is an amphibian, kin to frogs and newts. It hunts worms and termites in forest soil. Slate blue-gray with paler grooves between the rings.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The Cayenne caecilian swims the rivers of the Amazon and the Guianas with a flattened paddle tail and gives birth to live young underwater. Aquarium shops once sold it as a rubber eel. Deep blue-gray fading toward the belly. — The Cayenne caecilian swims the rivers of the Amazon and the Guianas with a flattened paddle tail and gives birth to live young underwater. Aquarium shops once sold it as a rubber eel. Deep blue-gray fading toward the belly.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - In some northeastern forests, eastern red-backed salamanders outweigh all the birds combined. They breathe entirely through the skin and never visit water, even to lay eggs. Charcoal gray with a brick-red stripe down the whole back. — In some northeastern forests, eastern red-backed salamanders outweigh all the birds combined. They breathe entirely through the skin and never visit water, even to lay eggs. Charcoal gray with a brick-red stripe down the whole back.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Count the toes on a four-toed salamander's hind foot: four, where almost every other salamander has five. Grabbed from behind, it snaps its tail off at a built-in seam and grows a new one. Rusty brown on top, gray sides, white belly dotted with black. — Count the toes on a four-toed salamander's hind foot: four, where almost every other salamander has five. Grabbed from behind, it snaps its tail off at a built-in seam and grows a new one. Rusty brown on top, gray sides, white belly dotted with black.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - An eel with two tiny front legs, feathery gills and nothing at the back end: the greater siren. When its swamp dries, it burrows into the mud, seals itself in slime and waits out the drought. Olive gray with faint darker speckles, lighter underneath. — An eel with two tiny front legs, feathery gills and nothing at the back end: the greater siren. When its swamp dries, it burrows into the mud, seals itself in slime and waits out the drought. Olive gray with faint darker speckles, lighter underneath.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Pressed flat as a flower in a book so it can slip between layers of sandstone cliffs, where its lichen-colored patches make it vanish: the green salamander is the one green species of eastern North America. Moss green mottling over black, square-tipped toes. — Pressed flat as a flower in a book so it can slip between layers of sandstone cliffs, where its lichen-colored patches make it vanish: the green salamander is the one green species of eastern North America. Moss green mottling over black, square-tipped toes.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Common in rice paddies and temple ponds, the Japanese fire-bellied newt is a classic pet newt around the world. The scarlet underside is a warning, because the skin holds a serious poison. Nearly black above, fire red below with a few black marks. — Common in rice paddies and temple ponds, the Japanese fire-bellied newt is a classic pet newt around the world. The scarlet underside is a warning, because the skin holds a serious poison. Nearly black above, fire red below with a few black marks.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - As long as a grown man is tall, the Japanese giant salamander can live for more than fifty years in cold mountain streams. In Japan it is called the giant pepper fish, because it smells peppery when disturbed. Mottled brown and black, wrinkled skin. Detailed. — As long as a grown man is tall, the Japanese giant salamander can live for more than fifty years in cold mountain streams. In Japan it is called the giant pepper fish, because it smells peppery when disturbed. Mottled brown and black, wrinkled skin. Detailed.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The long-tailed salamander's tail runs longer than the rest of the body put together, and along it the spots merge into a row of black herringbone marks. Look for it near caves and springs. Butter yellow to orange with black dots everywhere. — The long-tailed salamander's tail runs longer than the rest of the body put together, and along it the spots merge into a row of black herringbone marks. Look for it near caves and springs. Butter yellow to orange with black dots everywhere.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Folklore claims the mudpuppy barks like a dog; it does not, though it keeps its bushy red gills for life and winter anglers sometimes haul one up through the ice. Rusty brown with blue-black blotches, and gills in deep maroon. — Folklore claims the mudpuppy barks like a dog; it does not, though it keeps its bushy red gills for life and winter anglers sometimes haul one up through the ice. Rusty brown with blue-black blotches, and gills in deep maroon.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Touch a northern slimy salamander and your fingers come off coated in a paste that takes days to wash off, which is how it discourages snakes. Jet black sprinkled with silver-white flecks, as though dusted with stars. — Touch a northern slimy salamander and your fingers come off coated in a paste that takes days to wash off, which is how it discourages snakes. Jet black sprinkled with silver-white flecks, as though dusted with stars.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The red salamander borrows the warning colors of the poisonous red eft to look dangerous, which works even though it is a bluff. Young ones are the brightest; the red dims with age. Scarlet or coral red with black polka dots and a yellow iris. — The red salamander borrows the warning colors of the poisonous red eft to look dangerous, which works even though it is a bluff. Young ones are the brightest; the red dims with age. Scarlet or coral red with black polka dots and a yellow iris.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Worm-shaped, nearly blind and made for a life beneath the soil of South America, a ringed caecilian mother feeds her newborns with a special layer of her own skin, which they scrape off and eat. Dark blue-gray with narrow white rings around the body. — Worm-shaped, nearly blind and made for a life beneath the soil of South America, a ringed caecilian mother feeds her newborns with a special layer of her own skin, which they scrape off and eat. Dark blue-gray with narrow white rings around the body.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The smooth newt is the garden-pond newt of Britain and much of Europe. Each spring a male sprouts a wavy crest and a spotted orange belly for his courtship dance; by summer the crest is gone. Olive brown with dark spots, orange underneath. — The smooth newt is the garden-pond newt of Britain and much of Europe. Each spring a male sprouts a wavy crest and a spotted orange belly for his courtship dance; by summer the crest is gone. Olive brown with dark spots, orange underneath.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - When attacked, the Spanish ribbed newt pushes the sharp tips of its own ribs out through the orange warts along its sides, turning itself into a spiky, toxic mouthful. It has even flown on space missions. Gray-olive with a row of rust orange side bumps. — When attacked, the Spanish ribbed newt pushes the sharp tips of its own ribs out through the orange warts along its sides, turning itself into a spiky, toxic mouthful. It has even flown on space missions. Gray-olive with a row of rust orange side bumps.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - The pink giant of Appalachian springs, the spring salamander grows big enough to swallow other salamanders, and spends up to four years as a larva before it ever climbs out onto land. Salmon pink to coral with a faint gray net pattern. — The pink giant of Appalachian springs, the spring salamander grows big enough to swallow other salamanders, and spends up to four years as a larva before it ever climbs out onto land. Salmon pink to coral with a faint gray net pattern.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Lift a flat rock at the edge of a cold stream and you may find a two-lined salamander, no longer than a finger. Two dark lines run from the eyes all the way back. Lemon yellow between them, often with tiny black flecks. — Lift a flat rock at the edge of a cold stream and you may find a two-lined salamander, no longer than a finger. Two dark lines run from the eyes all the way back. Lemon yellow between them, often with tiny black flecks.

Amphibian Coloring Pages - Longer than a yardstick and slippery as a bar of soap, the two-toed amphiuma has four legs so tiny they seem like afterthoughts, each ending in two toes. It lives in southern swamps and has a painful bite. Dark gray-brown, a shade lighter below. — Longer than a yardstick and slippery as a bar of soap, the two-toed amphiuma has four legs so tiny they seem like afterthoughts, each ending in two toes. It lives in southern swamps and has a painful bite. Dark gray-brown, a shade lighter below.

Fun Things to Make with These Coloring Pages

Field guide cards – color the sheet, trim to the outline of the animal and its label, glue onto card stock and write two facts from the caption on the back. A stack of them is a homemade amphibian deck.
Life cycle wheel – cut a circle from a cereal box, divide it into four slices for egg, tadpole, froglet and adult, and paste a colored frog from one of these pages in the last slice. Pin a paper arrow in the center.
Glossy wet-skin finish – after coloring, brush a thin coat of gloss acrylic medium or clear-drying glue over the body only. It dries shiny and the frog looks as damp as the real thing.
Pond diorama – color a few frogs and salamanders, cut them out and stand them on folded paper tabs inside a shoebox lined with blue tissue for water and green paper strips for reeds.
Watercolor pencil test – color lightly with watercolor pencils, then touch the body with a damp brush and let the greens and browns bleed together. Amphibian skin is mottled anyway, so the blur is a feature.
Spot the difference – print the same sheet twice, color one with the true colors from the caption and the other in a made-up scheme, and ask a friend which frog could survive in the wild and why.
Habitat map – pin the finished pages around a world map with string running to where each species lives. A quick search finds the home range of any frog or salamander.
Jumping frog chain – fold a long strip of paper accordion style, trace one colored frog onto the top fold so its toes touch both folded edges, and cut through all layers. Unfold a whole chorus.

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