Year: 2019, Number: 4, Pages: 45-65
Current data on the distribution of 11 species of amphibians in the territory of the Mordovia State Nature Reserve named after P.G. Smidovich (Republic of Mordovia, Temnikovsky district) are given in the article. The material was obtained in 2002–2010, 2012–2019. Our research has not yet identified one species – the green toad, Bufo viridis (Laurenti, 1768), recorded in the reserve until the mid-1980s. The edible frog, Pelophylax esculentus (Linnaeus, 1758), was first discovered in 2019 based on analysis of sound recordings of male mating signals. Historical information about the findings, distribution in the reserve, some information about the abundance and biology are given for each species.