Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog (Ascaphus montanus) wildspecies.ca

At Risk

Present in regions

Migratory species: Unknown

Taxonomic group:

Amphibians

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The General Status ranks do not have legal weight. They are meant to identify the species that may be at risk in Canada.

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Common Names

English common name:

Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog

Source: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.

French common name:

Grenouille à queue des Rocheuses

In French, species in the family Ascaphidae are named "Grenouille à queue" (feminine).

Year	English common name	French common name
2005	Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog	Grenouille-à-queue des Rocheuses
2010	Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog	Grenouille-à-queue des Rocheuses
2015	Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog
2020	Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog

Scientific Names

Higher Classification:

Superkingdom

EUKARYOTA

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Subkingdom

BILATERIA

Infrakingdom

DEUTEROSTOMIA

Phylum

Chordata

Subphylum

Vertebrata

Infraphylum

Gnathostomata

Superclass

Tetrapoda

Class

Amphibia

Year	Scientific name	Family	Order
2005	Ascaphus montanus	Ascaphidae	Anura
2010	Ascaphus montanus	Ascaphidae	Anura
2015	Ascaphus montanus	Ascaphidae	Anura
2020	Ascaphus montanus	Ascaphidae	Anura

Priority Score

This species is not designated as may be at risk

Trends in rounded national ranks

Year	Rounded National Rank	Description of the change	Reason for change	Notes
2005	Imperiled	New species.	Taxonomic change.	Previously included in Ascaphus truei
2010	Imperiled
2015	Imperiled
2020	Imperiled

Original Ranks:

Canada
2005	At Risk - 1
2010	At Risk - 1
2015	Imperiled - N2
2020	Imperiled - N2N3

Yukon
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Northwest Territories
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nunavut
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

British Columbia
2005	At Risk - 1
2010	At Risk - 1
2015	Imperiled - S2
2020	Imperiled - S2S3

Alberta
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Saskatchewan
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Manitoba
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Ontario
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Quebec
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

New Brunswick
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nova Scotia
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Prince Edward Island
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland and Labrador
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015
2020

Labrador
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Pacific Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Western Arctic Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Eastern Arctic Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Atlantic Ocean
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present