Names with citations in year 1859
- Class: Amphibia
- Order: Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
- Synonym: Aglossa Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Bombinatorina Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Bufonina Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Diplosiphona Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Haplosiphona Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Hylina Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Micrhylina Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Opisthoglossa Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Oxydactyla Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Phrynoglossae Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Ranina Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Rhinophrynina Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Salientia Günther, 1859
- Family: Alsodidae
- Family: Alytidae
- Family: Arthroleptidae
- Family: Batrachylidae
- Family: Bufonidae
- Family: Ceratophryidae
- Family: Craugastoridae
- Family: Cycloramphidae
- Family: Dendrobatidae
- Family: Dicroglossidae
- Family: Eleutherodactylidae
- Family: Hemiphractidae
- Family: Hemisotidae
- Family: Hylidae
- Subfamily: Hylinae
- Subfamily: Pelodryadinae
- Genus: Litoria Tschudi, 1838
- Synonym: Chiroleptes Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Pelodryas Günther, 1859
- Species: Litoria australis (Gray, 1842)
- Synonym: Chiroleptes australis — Günther, 1859
- Species: Litoria bicolor (Gray, 1842)
- Synonym: Hyperolius bicolor — Günther, 1859
- Species: Litoria caerulea (White, 1790)
- Synonym: Pelodryas caeruleus — Günther, 1859
- Species: Litoria nasuta (Gray, 1842)
- Synonym: Litoria nasuta — Günther, 1859
- Family: Hyperoliidae
- Family: Leptodactylidae
- Family: Limnodynastidae
- Family: Mantellidae
- Family: Megophryidae
- Family: Microhylidae
- Family: Myobatrachidae
- Family: Pipidae Gray, 1825
- Synonym: Dactylethridae — Günther, 1859
- Genus: Xenopus
- Family: Pyxicephalidae
- Family: Ranidae
- Family: Rhacophoridae
- Family: Rhinophrynidae Günther, 1859
- Synonym: Rhinophrynina Günther, 1859
- Family: Scaphiopodidae
- Order: Caudata
- Family: Ambystomatidae Gray, 1850
- Synonym: Ambystominae — Cope, 1859
- Genus: Ambystoma Tschudi, 1838
- Synonym: Camarataxis Cope, 1859
- Species: Ambystoma gracile (Baird, 1859)
- Synonym: Siredon gracilis Baird, 1859
- Species: Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Green, 1827)
- Synonym: Plethodon persimilis Gray, 1859
- Species: Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw, 1802)
- Synonym: Camarataxis maculata — Cope, 1859
- Species: Ambystoma mavortium Baird, 1850
- Synonym: Amblystoma prosperpine — Baird, 1859
- Species: Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855)
- Synonym: Amblystoma texanum — Baird, 1859
- Species: Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825)
- Synonym: Amblystoma conspersum Cope, 1859
- Synonym: Amblystoma prosperpine — Baird, 1859
- Family: Hynobiidae Cope, 1859
- Synonym: Ellipsoglossidae Cope, 1859
- Genus: Hynobius
- Family: Plethodontidae
- Family: Salamandridae
- Order: Gymnophiona