Names with citations in year 1981
- Class: Amphibia
- Order: Anura Fischer von Waldheim, 1813
- Synonym: Archeosalientia Rocek, 1981
- Synonym: Neosalientia Rocek, 1981
- Family: Alsodidae
- Family: Aromobatidae
- Family: Arthroleptidae Mivart, 1869
- Family: Bombinatoridae
- Family: Brevicipitidae Bonaparte, 1850
- Synonym: Brevicepinae — Bogart and Tandy, 1981
- Family: Bufonidae
- Genus: Andinophryne
- Genus: Atelopus
- Genus: Bufotes
- Genus: Duttaphrynus
- Genus: Ghatophryne
- Genus: Peltophryne
- Species: Peltophryne cataulaciceps (Schwartz, 1959)
- Synonym: Peltophryne cataulaciceps — Pregill, 1981
- Species: Peltophryne empusa Cope, 1862
- Synonym: Peltophryne empusa — Pregill, 1981
- Species: Peltophryne fluviatica (Schwartz, 1972)
- Synonym: Peltophryne fluviatica — Pregill, 1981
- Species: Peltophryne guentheri (Cochran, 1941)
- Synonym: Peltophryne guntheri — Pregill, 1981
- Species: Peltophryne gundlachi (Ruibal, 1959)
- Synonym: Peltophryne gundlachi — Pregill, 1981
- Species: Peltophryne lemur Cope, 1869
- Synonym: Peltophryne lemur — Pregill, 1981
- Species: Peltophryne longinasus (Stejneger, 1905)
- Synonym: Peltophryne longinasa — Pregill, 1981
- Species: Peltophryne peltocephala (Tschudi, 1838)
- Synonym: Peltophryne peltocephala — Pregill, 1981
- Species: Peltophryne taladai (Schwartz, 1960)
- Synonym: Peltophryne taladai — Pregill, 1981
- Family: Centrolenidae
- Family: Ceratobatrachidae Boulenger, 1884
- Synonym: Ceratobatrachini — Dubois, 1981
- Family: Ceratophryidae Tschudi, 1838
- Synonym: Ceratophrynini — Laurent and Teran, 1981
- Family: Craugastoridae
- Subfamily: Pristimantinae
- Genus: Pristimantis
- Species: Pristimantis boulengeri (Lynch, 1981)
- Synonym: Eleutherodactylus boulengeri Lynch, 1981
- Species: Pristimantis brevifrons (Lynch, 1981)
- Synonym: Eleutherodactylus brevifrons Lynch, 1981
- Species: Pristimantis modipeplus (Lynch, 1981)
- Synonym: Eleutherodactylus modipeplus Lynch, 1981
- Species: Pristimantis ocreatus (Lynch, 1981)
- Synonym: Eleutherodactylus ocreatus Lynch, 1981
- Species: Pristimantis savagei (Pyburn and Lynch, 1981)
- Synonym: Eleutherodactylus savagei Pyburn and Lynch, 1981
- Subfamily: Strabomantinae
- Family: Dicroglossidae
- Subfamily: Dicroglossinae
- Genus: Euphlyctis
- Genus: Fejervarya
- Genus: Hoplobatrachus
- Genus: Limnonectes
- Species: Limnonectes doriae (Boulenger, 1887)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) doriae — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes grunniens (Latreille, 1801)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) grunniens — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes gyldenstolpei (Andersson, 1916)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) pileata — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes hascheanus (Stoliczka, 1870)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) hascheana — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes kohchangae (Smith, 1922)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) kohchangae — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes kuhlii (Tschudi, 1838)
- Synonym: Rana (Limnonectes) kuhlii — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes laticeps (Boulenger, 1882)
- Synonym: Rana (Limnonectes) laticeps — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes macrocephalus (Inger, 1954)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) magna macrocephala — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes macrodon (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) macrodon — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes macrognathus (Boulenger, 1917)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) macrognathus — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes magnus (Stejneger, 1910)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) magna — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes microdiscus (Boettger, 1892)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) microdisca — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes microtympanum (Van Kampen, 1907)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) microtympanum — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes modestus (Boulenger, 1882)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) modesta — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes palavanensis (Boulenger, 1894)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) microdisca palavanensis — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes parvus (Taylor, 1920)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) microdisca parva — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Limnonectes plicatellus (Stoliczka, 1873)
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) plicatella — Dubois, 1981
- Genus: Nanorana
- Genus: Sphaerotheca
- Genus: Zakerana
- Subfamily: Occidozyginae
- Genus: Ingerana
- Genus: Occidozyga
- Species: Occidozyga baluensis (Boulenger, 1896)
- Synonym: Occidozyga baluensis — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Occidozyga celebensis Smith, 1927
- Synonym: Occidozyga celebensis — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Occidozyga diminutiva (Taylor, 1922)
- Synonym: Occidozyga diminutiva — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Occidozyga floresiana Mertens, 1927
- Synonym: Occidozyga floresiana — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Occidozyga laevis (Günther, 1858)
- Synonym: Occidozyga laevis — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Occidozyga magnapustulosa (Taylor and Elbel, 1958)
- Synonym: Occidozyga magnapustulosa — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Occidozyga martensii (Peters, 1867)
- Synonym: Occidozyga martensii — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Occidozyga semipalmata Smith, 1927
- Synonym: Occidozyga semipalmata — Dubois, 1981
- Family: Eleutherodactylidae
- Family: Hylidae
- Family: Hyperoliidae Laurent, 1943
- Family: Leptodactylidae
- Family: Limnodynastidae
- Family: Mantellidae
- Family: Megophryidae
- Family: Micrixalidae
- Family: Microhylidae
- Family: Myobatrachidae
- Genus: Uperoleia
- Species: Uperoleia arenicola Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia aspera Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia borealis Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia crassa Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia inundata Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia laevigata Keferstein, 1867
- Synonym: Uperoleia laevigata — Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia lithomoda Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Synonym: Uperoleia variegata Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia micromeles Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia minima Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia orientalis (Parker, 1940)
- Synonym: Uperoleia orientalis — Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia rugosa (Andersson, 1916)
- Synonym: Uperoleia fimbrianus — Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Synonym: Uperoleia rugosa — Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia russelli (Loveridge, 1933)
- Synonym: Uperoleia russelli — Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia talpa Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Species: Uperoleia trachyderma Tyler, Davies, and Martin, 1981
- Family: Nyctibatrachidae
- Family: Odontophrynidae
- Family: Ptychadenidae
- Genus: Lanzarana
- Species: Lanzarana largeni (Lanza, 1978)
- Synonym: Hildebrandtia (?) largeni — Clarke, 1981
- Synonym: Rana (Hildebrandtia) largeni — Dubois, 1981
- Genus: Ptychadena
- Species: Ptychadena broadleyi Stevens, 1972
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) broadleyi — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena cooperi (Parker, 1930)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) cooperi — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena erlangeri (Ahl, 1924)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) erlangeri — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena gansi Laurent, 1965
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) gansi — Dubois, 1981
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) mosambica — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena grandisonae Laurent, 1954
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) grandisonae — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena keilingi (Monard, 1937)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) keilingi — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena nana Perret, 1980
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) nana — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena neumanni (Ahl, 1924)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) neumanni — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena obscura (Schmidt and Inger, 1959)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) obscura — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena perplicata Laurent, 1964
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) perplicata — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena straeleni (Inger, 1968)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) straeleni — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena submascareniensis (Guibé and Lamotte, 1953)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) submascareniensis — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena tellinii (Peracca, 1904)
- Synonym: Ptychadena schubotzi — Perret, 1981
- Synonym: Rana (Euphlyctis) cornii — Dubois, 1981
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) schubotzi — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena tournieri (Guibé and Lamotte, 1955)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) tournieri — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena trinodis (Boettger, 1881)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) trinodis — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Ptychadena upembae (Schmidt and Inger, 1959)
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) upembae machadoi — Dubois, 1981
- Synonym: Rana (Ptychadena) upembae upembae — Dubois, 1981
- Family: Pyxicephalidae
- Subfamily: Cacosterninae
- Genus: Strongylopus
- Species: Strongylopus bonaespei (Dubois, 1981)
- Synonym: Rana (Stronglylopus) bonaespei — Dubois, 1981
- Synonym: Rana (Strongylopus) bonaespei Dubois, 1981
- Species: Strongylopus fasciatus (Smith, 1849)
- Synonym: Rana (Stronglylopus) fasciata — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Strongylopus grayii (Smith, 1849)
- Synonym: Rana (Stronglylopus) grayii — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Strongylopus hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920)
- Synonym: Rana (Stronglylopus) hymenopus — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Strongylopus wageri (Wager, 1961)
- Synonym: Rana (Stronglylopus) wageri — Dubois, 1981
- Genus: Tomopterna
- Species: Tomopterna cryptotis (Boulenger, 1907)
- Synonym: Rana (Tomopterna) cryptotis — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Tomopterna krugerensis Passmore and Carruthers, 1975
- Synonym: Rana (Tomopterna) krugerensis — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Tomopterna marmorata (Peters, 1854)
- Synonym: Rana (Tomopterna) marmorata — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Tomopterna natalensis (Smith, 1849)
- Synonym: Rana (Tomopterna) natalensis — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Tomopterna tuberculosa (Boulenger, 1882)
- Synonym: Rana (Tomopterna) tuberculosa — Dubois, 1981
- Subfamily: Pyxicephalinae
- Family: Ranidae Rafinesque, 1814
- Synonym: Limnodytini — Dubois, 1981
- Genus: Babina
- Genus: Hylarana
- Genus: Lithobates
- Species: Lithobates blairi (Mecham, Littlejohn, Oldham, Brown, and Brown, 1973)
- Synonym: Rana (Rana) blairi — Dubois, 1981
- Species: Lithobates brownorum (Sanders, 1973)
- Synonym: Rana brownorum — Hillis, 1981
- Species: Lithobates forreri (Boulenger, 1883)
- Synonym: Rana forreri — Hillis, 1981
- Genus: Odorrana
- Genus: Pelophylax
- Genus: Rana
- Family: Rhacophoridae Hoffman, 1932
- Family: Scaphiopodidae Cope, 1865
- Synonym: Scaphiopodidae — Rocek, 1981
- Family: Telmatobiidae
- Order: Caudata
- Family: Cryptobranchidae
- Family: Plethodontidae
- Subfamily: Hemidactyliinae
- Subfamily: Plethodontinae
- Genus: Desmognathus
- Genus: Hydromantes Gistel, 1848
- Synonym: Hydromantoides Lanza and Vanni, 1981
- Species: Hydromantes brunus Gorman, 1954
- Synonym: Hydromantoides brunus — Lanza and Vanni, 1981
- Species: Hydromantes flavus (Stefani, 1969)
- Synonym: Hydromantes flavus — Lanza and Vanni, 1981
- Species: Hydromantes genei (Temminck and Schlegel, 1838)
- Synonym: Hydromantes genei — Lanza and Vanni, 1981
- Species: Hydromantes imperialis (Stefani, 1969)
- Synonym: Hydromantes imperialis — Lanza and Vanni, 1981
- Species: Hydromantes platycephalus (Camp, 1916)
- Synonym: Hydromantoides platycephalus — Lanza and Vanni, 1981
- Species: Hydromantes shastae Gorman and Camp, 1953
- Synonym: Hydromantoides shastae — Lanza and Vanni, 1981
- Family: Salamandridae
- Order: Gymnophiona