We conducted a market survey on amphibian pet trade in Huadiwan, Guangzhou from 2012 to 2016 in order to investigate the amount of market trade and provided the basic data for further study in this field. We carried out 27 times investigations and recorded 44 amphibian species traded across two orders, 16 families, 35 genera, including 2 species in Ambystomatidae, 6 species in Salamandridae, 1 species in Bombinatoridae, 3 in Bufonidae, 5 in Ceratophryidae, 4 and 5 in Hylidae, 1 in Hyperoliidae, 2 in Megophryidae, 6 in Microhylidae, 1 in Pelodryadidae, 1 in Phyllomedusidae, 1 in Pipidae, 1 in Pyxicephalidae, 2 in Ranidae and 3 in Rhacophoridae through market review and peddlers. Of them 28 species were alien species which took a larger proportion (63.63%) than the native amphibians (16 species with 36.37%). Of those amphibians sold in the market, 26 species were listed as protected species. Amphibians around the world are suffered from market trade, which was one of the main factors that have caused the decline or extinction of amphibian population (see Appendix). Our results indicated that it is imperative to improve the wildlife protection law and regulation, as well as to emphasize measures to avoid invidation of aline species. In the end of this paper we also analyzed the pressure on the local ecological system and species diversity of amphibian pet trade.